Where does “undargangan” come from?

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

undargangan (Old Saxon): to undergo, ruin; to intervene

Definitions

  1. to undergo, ruin; to intervene

Ancestry of “undargangan”, step by step

undargangan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Saxon gān

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

via Old Saxon undar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonundarunder
2Proto-Germanicunderamong, between; under, beneath; under
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁entérbetween
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁enin; in, inside
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰengʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gāną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic gān →