Where does “Gank” come from?

Gank (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German ganc, from Old Saxon gang, from Proto-West Germanic *gang — pace, step, gait.

Gank (Plautdietsch): hallway

Definitions

  1. hallway

Ancestry of “Gank”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanganc—
2Old Saxongang—
3Proto-West Germanic*gangpace, step, gait

Words derived from “Gank”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *gang →Every word from Old Saxon gang →Every word from Middle Low German ganc →