Where does “gān” come from?

gān (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic *gān, from Proto-Germanic gāną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰengʰ- — to walk; to step.

gān (Old Dutch): to go

Definitions

  1. to go

Ancestry of “gān”, step by step

gān traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic *gān

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*gān—
2Proto-Germanicgānąto go, walk
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰengʰ-to walk; to step

via Proto-Germanic gān

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicgān—

Words derived from “gān”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰengʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gāną →Every word from Proto-Germanic *gān →