gang
Old English
noun
Definitions
- going, walking
- path
- gait
- toilet
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *gangaz (warp, passage, way) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (step, walk, stride), *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
- aforegoing English
- agoing English
- artgoing English
- balletgoing English
- beachgoing English
- churchgoing English
- cinemagoing English
- clubgoing English
- concertgoing English
- dancegoing English
- downgoing English
- easygoing English
- evergoing English
- filmgoing English
- forthgoing English
- gang English
- go English
- going English
- homegoing English
- ingoing English
- mosque-going English
- moviegoing English
- museumgoing English
- oceangoing English
- ongoing English
- operagoing English
- partygoing English
- playgoing English
- racegoing English
- rivergoing English
- roadgoing English
- schoolgoing English
- seagoing English
- shoregoing English
- spacegoing English
- synagogue-going English
- temple-going English
- theatregoing English
- thoroughgoing English
- throughgoing English
- upgoing English
- waygoing English
- zoogoing English
- gang Dutch, Flemish
- omgaan Dutch, Flemish
- *ǵʰengʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰengʰ-o-s Proto-Indo-European
- overgang Norwegian Bokmål
- *bigangaz Proto-Germanic
- *furþagangaz Proto-Germanic
- *ganganą Proto-Germanic
- *gangaz Proto-Germanic
- *gangiz Proto-Germanic
- *gangulaz Proto-Germanic
- *gangārijaz Proto-Germanic
- *ganhtiz Proto-Germanic
- *ganhuz Proto-Germanic
- *inngangaz Proto-Germanic
- *uberganganą Proto-Germanic
- *umbigangaz Proto-Germanic
- *ūtgangaz Proto-Germanic
- overgang Norwegian Nynorsk
- agangan Old English
- begang Old English
- begangan Old English
- beogang Old English
- bigenga Old English
- bēo Old English
- ciricgang Old English
- foregangan Old English
- forgangan Old English
- forþgang Old English
- forþgangan Old English
- gangan Old English
- gangere Old English
- gangern Old English
- gangweg Old English
- gegang Old English
- gegangan Old English
- geondgangan Old English
- ingang Old English
- ingangan Old English
- ofergang Old English
- ofergangan Old English
- setl Old English
- setlgang Old English
- togang Old English
- tō Old English
- undergangan Old English
- upgang Old English
- utgang Old English
- weġ Old English
- ymbgang Old English
- ymbgangan Old English
- þurhgangan Old English
- ċiriċe Old English
- जंहस् Sanskrit
- forthgang Middle English
- gangen Middle English
- ganger Middle English
- goinge Middle English
- ingang Middle English
- umgang Middle English
- upgang Middle English
- 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
- overganc Middle Dutch
- gang Old High German
- 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *seþlagang gmw-pro
- *tōgang gmw-pro
- *uppgang gmw-pro
- gank Old Dutch
- *kangas Proto-Finnic
- *ȷ́ʰángʰas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- umbigangan Old Saxon
- gang Scots