ganga

Icelandic

/ˈkauŋka/

verb-strong
Definitions
  • (intransitive) to walk
  • (intransitive) to work, operate, run
  • (intransitive) to go
  • (intransitive) to fit, to go, to be satisfactory, to do

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse ganga (walk) inherited from Proto-Germanic *ganganą (walk, go, step) 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
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