Where does “forþgān” come from?

forþgān (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic gāną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰengʰ- — to walk; to step.

forþgān (Old English): to go forth, advance, proceed, pass by, go away,...

Definitions

  1. to go forth, advance, proceed, pass by, go away,...

Ancestry of “forþgān”, step by step

forþgān traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic gāną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicgānąto go, walk
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰengʰ-to walk; to step

via Proto-Germanic furþa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfurþaforward

Words derived from “forþgān”

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