Where does “þurhgangan” come from?

þurhgangan (Old English) comes from Old English þurh, from Proto-Germanic þurhw, from Proto-Indo-European tr̥h₂kʷe, from Proto-Indo-European terh₂- — to cross over, pass through, overcome.

þurhgangan (Old English): to go over or go through, perambulate, pierce

Definitions

  1. to go over or go through, perambulate, pierce

Ancestry of “þurhgangan”, step by step

þurhgangan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English þurh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishþurhAPI; through; by means of: by, through, via
2Proto-Germanicþurhwthrough
3Proto-Indo-Europeantr̥h₂kʷe—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₂-to cross over, pass through, overcome

via Old English gangan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishganganto go, walk; to turn out
2Proto-West Germanic*ganganto go, walk, step
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tr̥h₂kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic þurhw →