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

  1. to go; simple past tense of gie

Ancestry of “gae”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishgoonAlternative form of gon
2Middle Englishgonto go; past participle of gon; Alternative form...
3Old Englishgānto go
4Proto-West Germanicgānto go
5Proto-Germanicgānąto go, walk
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰengʰ-to walk; to step

Words derived from “gae”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰengʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gāną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic gān →