Where does “גיין” come from?

גיין (Yiddish) comes 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.

גיין (Yiddish): to go; to walk

Definitions

  1. to go; to walk

Ancestry of “גיין”, step by step

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

Words derived from “גיין”

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