Where does “agangan” come from?

agangan (Old English) comes from Old English gangan, from Proto-West Germanic *gangan — to go, walk, step.

agangan (Old English): to come to pass; to happen to, befall

Definitions

  1. to come to pass; to happen to, befall

Ancestry of “agangan”, step by step

agangan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English gangan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishganganto go, walk; to turn out
2Proto-West Germanic*ganganto go, walk, step

via Old English ā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishāalways, ever; ever, always; always", "ever
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *gangan →Every word from Old English gangan →