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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gangaz
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰongʰos, from *ǵʰengʰ- (“stride, step”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɣɑŋ.ɡɑz/
Noun
*gangaz m
- pace, step, gait
- walk
- way, course
Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *gangaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *gangaz | *gangōz, *gangōs | |
vocative | *gang | *gangōz, *gangōs | |
accusative | *gangą | *ganganz | |
genitive | *gangas, *gangis | *gangǫ̂ | |
dative | *gangai | *gangamaz | |
instrumental | *gangō | *gangamiz |
Derived terms
- *inngangaz
- *umbigangaz
- *ūtgangaz
- *Wulfagangaz
Related terms
- *gangą
- *ganganą
- *gangiz
- *ganhtiz
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *gang
- Old English: gang, gancg, gong; ġeong, ġiong
- Middle English: gong, gang, gonge, goonge
- English: gang (see there for further descendants); gong, goung (obsolete)
- Scots: gang, gaung, ging
- Northeastern: dyang, gyang
- Middle English: gong, gang, gonge, goonge
- Old Frisian: gang, gong, gung
- North Frisian: gong
- Saterland Frisian: Goang
- West Frisian: gong
- Old Saxon: gang
- Middle Low German: ganc, gank
- German Low German: Gang
- Middle Low German: ganc, gank
- Old Dutch: gang (only attested in placenames)
- Middle Dutch: ganc
- Dutch: gang
- Middle Dutch: ganc
- Old High German: gang
- Middle High German: ganc
- German: Gang
- Polish: ganek
- Yiddish: גאַניק (ganik) (probably borrowed from Polish)
- Polish: ganek
- Luxembourgish: Gang, Gank
- → Middle French: gangue
- French: gangue
- → English: gangue
- French: gangue
- German: Gang
- Middle High German: ganc
- Old English: gang, gancg, gong; ġeong, ġiong
- Old Norse: gangr
- Icelandic: gangur
- Faroese: gangur
- Norwegian: gang, gong
- Old Swedish: ganger
- Swedish: gång
- Danish: gang
- Westrobothnian: gang, ganj; gaang (< *ganga)
- Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍃 (gaggs)
- → Proto-Finnic: *kangas (see there for further descendants)