gang
Afrikaans
/χaŋ/
noun
Definitions
- a passageway, alley
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish gang (course, passageway, corridor, alley, hall, aisle, way, going, hallway, journey, pace) inherited from Middle Dutch ganc inherited from Old Dutch gank inherited from Proto-Germanic *gangaz (warp, passage, way) root from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (step, walk, stride).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵʰengʰ-
Gloss
step, walk, stride
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
歩
Emoji
🪜
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- gang English
- afgang Dutch, Flemish
- bloedgang Dutch, Flemish
- doorgang Dutch, Flemish
- dwarsgang Dutch, Flemish
- gang Dutch, Flemish
- gangbaar Dutch, Flemish
- ganger Dutch, Flemish
- gangmaker Dutch, Flemish
- gedachtegang Dutch, Flemish
- gehoorgang Dutch, Flemish
- ingang Dutch, Flemish
- jaargang Dutch, Flemish
- leergang Dutch, Flemish
- molengang Dutch, Flemish
- neergang Dutch, Flemish
- neusgang Dutch, Flemish
- omgaan Dutch, Flemish
- omgang Dutch, Flemish
- ondergang Dutch, Flemish
- opgang Dutch, Flemish
- overgang Dutch, Flemish
- pandgang Dutch, Flemish
- rondgang Dutch, Flemish
- schroefgang Dutch, Flemish
- slakkengang Dutch, Flemish
- stembusgang Dutch, Flemish
- stoelgang Dutch, Flemish
- toegang Dutch, Flemish
- voortgang Dutch, Flemish
- vooruitgang Dutch, Flemish
- watergang Dutch, Flemish
- welgang Dutch, Flemish
- werdegang Dutch, Flemish
- *ǵʰengʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰengʰ-o-s Proto-Indo-European
- overgang Norwegian Bokmål
- *ganganą Proto-Germanic
- *gangaz Proto-Germanic
- *gangiz Proto-Germanic
- *gangulaz Proto-Germanic
- *ganhtiz Proto-Germanic
- *ganhuz Proto-Germanic
- *inngangaz Proto-Germanic
- *uberganganą Proto-Germanic
- *umbigangaz Proto-Germanic
- *ūtgangaz Proto-Germanic
- overgang Norwegian Nynorsk
- gang Old English
- जंहस् Sanskrit
- afganga Old Norse
- afgangr Old Norse
- afgǫngudagr Old Norse
- atgengiligr Old Norse
- ganga Old Norse
- gangr Old Norse
- gengi Old Norse
- genginn Old Norse
- jǫklagangr Old Norse
- þarfagangr Old Norse
- gai Old French
- gang Indonesian
- ganc Middle Dutch
- overganc Middle Dutch
- gang Old High German
- 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- gank Old Dutch
- *kangas Proto-Finnic
- *ȷ́ʰángʰas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- umbigangan Old Saxon
- gang Balinese