gang
Danish
/ɡ̊anɡ̊/, [ɡɔŋˀ], [ɡoŋˀ], [ɡɑ̃ˀ], [ɡɑ̃], [ɡɑ̃ɪ̃ˀ], [ɡɑ̃ʊ̃], [ɡɔɲ]
noun
Definitions
- The act of walking, a walk.
- An intended amount of something, especially time.
- A way or path to walk on.
- A person's business or activity.
- One of the few cases where something take place, a rare event.
- A line or closed space that can be bypass, usually by foot.
- A room giving access to another room.
- A narrow road built for pedestrian, usually in a public park or facility.
Etymology
Derived from Old Danish gang derived from Old Norse gangr (course, walk, pace) derived 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
- gang English
- Gänger German
- gang Dutch, Flemish
- omgaan Dutch, Flemish
- *ǵʰengʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰengʰ-o-s Proto-Indo-European
- gang Norwegian Bokmål
- 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
- gang Norwegian Nynorsk
- overgang Norwegian Nynorsk
- gang Old English
- जंहस् Sanskrit
- afganga Old Norse
- afgangr Old Norse
- afgǫngudagr Old Norse
- atgengiligr Old Norse
- framgangr Old Norse
- ganga Old Norse
- gangr Old Norse
- gengi Old Norse
- genginn Old Norse
- jǫklagangr Old Norse
- umgangr Old Norse
- þarfagangr Old Norse
- frem Danish
- fremgang Danish
- fremgangsmåde Danish
- gænger Danish
- mod Danish
- modgang Danish
- omgang Danish
- omgængelig Danish
- op Danish
- opgang Danish
- solopgang Danish
- gai Old French
- gangur Icelandic
- overganc Middle Dutch
- gang Old High German
- 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- gank Old Dutch
- *kangas Proto-Finnic
- *ȷ́ʰángʰas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- umbigangan Old Saxon
- ganger Old Swedish
- gang Old Danish