Where does “stavgång” come from?

stavgång (Swedish) comes 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.

stavgång (Swedish): Nordic walking, walking with ski poles for a...

Definitions

  1. Nordic walking, walking with ski poles for a...

Ancestry of “stavgång”, step by step

stavgång traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish gång

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

via Finnish sauvakävely

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsauvakävelyNordic walking
2Finnishkävelywalk trip made by walking
3Finnishkävelläto walk
4Proto-Finnickäveldäkto walk around
5Proto-Finnickäüdäkto walk, to go
6Proto-Finnickäwe-
7Proto-Germanic*skēwijanąto go

via Swedish stav

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishstava staff, a rod; a letter
2Old Swedishstaverstaff, cane
3Old Norsestafrstaff
4Proto-Norseᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ
5Proto-Germanicstabazstaff, stick
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstebʰ-to stand still; to harden
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰengʰ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰongʰ-o-sEvery word from Proto-Germanic gangaz