Ëmgang
Luxemburgeois
/ˈemˌɡaŋ/
noun
Definitions
- contact, commerce, intercourse
- company, acquaintance
- rapport
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German umbigang (a course, return) inherited from Proto-Germanic *umbigangaz (a going around, circuit).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*umbigangaz
Gloss
a going around, circuit
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- gang English
- umgang English
- Gang German
- Umgang German
- Umgangssprache German
- umgänglich German
- gang Dutch, Flemish
- om Dutch, Flemish
- omgang Dutch, Flemish
- omgangstaal Dutch, Flemish
- *ǵʰengʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *umbigangaz Proto-Germanic
- ymbgang Old English
- umgang Middle English
- umgangr Old Norse
- ommegang Middle Dutch
- umbigang Old High German
- umbeganc Middle High German
- Sprooch Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Ëmgangssprooch Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ëmgangssproochlech Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *umbigang Old Dutch