Where does “ofgan” come from?

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

ofgan (Old English): to require, demand, seek satisfaction for, exact...

Definitions

  1. to require, demand, seek satisfaction for, exact...

Ancestry of “ofgan”, step by step

ofgan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English gān

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishgānto go
2Proto-West Germanicgānto go
3Proto-Germanicgānąto go, walk
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰengʰ-to walk; to step

via Old English of

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishofof, from, off, out of
2Old Englishæfof
3Proto-Germanic*ab—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰengʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gāną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic gān →