Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/unþagān

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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/unþagān

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *unþa- (“away”) +‎ *gān (“to go”).

Verb

*unþagān

1. to go away, get away

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Old English: ōþgān
• Old Frisian: undgān, andgān
  • West Frisian: ûntgaen
• Old Saxon: *undgān, *andgān
  • Middle Low German: entgān, engān, untgān, ungān, entgēn
    • → Danish: undgå
    • → Norwegian: unngå
    • → Swedish: undgå
• Old Dutch: *antgān
  • Middle Dutch: ontgaen
    • Dutch: ontgaan
• Old High German: intgān, intgēn
  • Middle High German: entgān, engān, entgēn, engēn, intgēn
    • German: entgehen