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Where does “snabbgenomgång” come from?

snabbgenomgång (Swedish) comes from Swedish genomgång, from Swedish gång, from Middle High German ganc, from Old High German gang, from Proto-Germanic *gang, from Proto-Germanic gangaz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰongʰ-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰengʰ- — to walk; to step.

snabbgenomgång (Swedish): a quick walkthrough, a brief summary

Definitions

  1. a quick walkthrough, a brief summary

Ancestry of “snabbgenomgång”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishgenomgånga walkthrough, a briefing, a summary; a review,...
2Swedishgångwalk, path, trail; a maintained, usually quite...
3Middle High Germangancprocession
4Old High GermangangA path, course, way, journey; a going
5Proto-Germanic*gang—
6Proto-Germanicgangazpace, step, gait; walk; way, course
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰongʰ-o-s—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰengʰ-to walk; to step
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