Where does “förbigå” come from?

förbigå (Swedish) comes from Swedish gå, from Old Swedish gā, from Old Norse gá, from Old Norse geyja, from Proto-Germanic *gawjaną — to bark.

förbigå (Swedish): to pass over, to ignore

Definitions

  1. to pass over, to ignore

Ancestry of “förbigå”, step by step

förbigå traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish gå

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishgågo, walk, stroll; go, leave; go; to be given or...
2Old Swedishgā—
3Old Norsegábarking; attention; to heed
4Old Norsegeyjato bark
5Proto-Germanic*gawjanąto bark

via Swedish förbi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishförbipast, over
2Middle Low Germanvorbi—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *gawjaną →Every word from Old Norse geyja →Every word from Old Norse gá →
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