gangur
Icelandic
/ˈkauŋkʏr/
noun
Definitions
- the act of walking
- movement, action, flow
- hallway, corridor
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse gangr (course, walk, pace) derived 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
- 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
- ganga Old Norse
- gangr Old Norse
- gengi Old Norse
- genginn Old Norse
- jǫklagangr Old Norse
- þarfagangr Old Norse
- gai Old French
- stigagangur Icelandic
- stigi Icelandic
- æði Icelandic
- æðigangur Icelandic
- overganc Middle Dutch
- gang Old High German
- Gank Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- gank Old Dutch
- *kangas Proto-Finnic
- *ȷ́ʰángʰas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- umbigangan Old Saxon
- ganger Old Swedish
- gang Old Danish