gå

Swedish

/ɡoː/

verb-irr

Definitions

go, walk, stroll
go, leave
go; to be given or allotted
go; to extend between two points
go; lead to
go; elapse
go; to start
(with "till") go; resort to
go; change from one value to another
(with "till") go; to be spent
go; to be sold
go; to fit or be compatible
go; to be expressed or composed in a certain way
go; attend
go; to be in a state continuously
go; circulate (about rumors, stories and contagious diseases)
go; to stop functioning about a mechanical or electric system
to cease flowing about a flow of water or electricity
go; to proceed; work out, behave as anticipated (about a solution of a problem)
about a mechanism or machine go; work, run
about a card in a cardgame go; be played
(colloquial) be allowed (as being deemed practically possible)
(with "med") be doing

Etymology

Derived from Old Swedish gā derived from Old Norse gá (heed, mark, watch) derived from Proto-Germanic *gāną (go) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁- (leave, leave behind, abandon), *ǵʰeh₁- (leave, leave behind, abandon).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ǵʰeh₁-

Gloss

leave, leave behind, abandon

Concept

Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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