Where does “āgān” come from?

āgān (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic uz-, from Proto-Indo-European uss-, from Proto-Indo-European uds-, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

āgān (Old English): to go away, pass away, go forth, come to pass

Definitions

  1. to go away, pass away, go forth, come to pass

Ancestry of “āgān”, step by step

āgān traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic uz-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
2Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
4Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

via Proto-Germanic gāną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicgānąto go, walk
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰengʰ-to walk; to step
Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →Every word from Proto-Indo-European uds- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European uss- →