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Where does “gān” come from?

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

gān (Proto-West Germanic): to go

Definitions

  1. to go

Ancestry of “gān”, step by step

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

Words derived from “gān”

  • go
  • gone
  • goes
  • bygone
  • goest
  • goner
  • gofer
  • goneness
  • ingo
  • goback
  • mitgehen
  • goey
  • go-devil
  • go-round
  • go postal
  • downgone
  • goneski
  • go-to
  • go-go
  • get-go
  • git-go
  • go-cart
  • mitgehen
  • drangehen
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