Where does “אַהינגיין” come from?

אַהינגיין (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish גיין, from Middle High German gēn, from Old High German gēn, from Proto-West Germanic gān, from Proto-Germanic gāną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰengʰ- — to walk; to step.

אַהינגיין (Yiddish): to go there

Definitions

  1. to go there

Ancestry of “אַהינגיין”, step by step

אַהינגיין traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish גיין

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishגייןto go; to walk
2Middle High Germangēn
3Old High Germangēn
4Proto-West Germanicgānto go
5Proto-Germanicgānąto go, walk
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰengʰ-to walk; to step

via Yiddish אַהינ־

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishאַהינ־
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰengʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic gānąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic gān