Where does “gae” come from?
gae (Scots) comes from Middle English goon, from Middle English gon, from Old English gān, from Proto-West Germanic gān, from Proto-Germanic gāną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰengʰ- — to walk; to step.
gae (Scots): to go; simple past tense of gie
Definitions
- to go; simple past tense of gie
Ancestry of “gae”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | goon | Alternative form of gon |
| 2 | Middle English | gon | to go; past participle of gon; Alternative form... |
| 3 | Old English | gān | to go |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | gān | to go |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | gāną | to go, walk |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰengʰ- | to walk; to step |