gangr
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *gangaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ-o-s. Ultimately from the root *ǵʰengʰ- (“stride, step”). Related to ganga.
Noun
gangr m (genitive gangs)
- walking, motion
- pace, pacing
- course
- prevailing
Declension
Declension of gangr (strong a-stem)
| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | gangr | gangrinn | gangar | gangarnir |
| accusative | gang | ganginn | ganga | gangana |
| dative | gangi | ganginum | gǫngum | gǫngunum |
| genitive | gangs | gangsins | ganga | ganganna |
Descendants
- Icelandic: gangur
- Faroese: gangur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: gang
- Norwegian Bokmål: gang
- Old Swedish: ganger
- Swedish: gång
- Danish: gang
References
- gangr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press