Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gang

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gangaz.

Noun

*gang m

1. pace, step, gait
2. walk
3. way, course

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*gang
Genitive	*gangas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*gang	*gangō, *gangōs
Accusative	*gang	*gangā
Genitive	*gangas	*gangō
Dative	*gangē	*gangum
Instrumental	*gangu	*gangum

Derived terms

• *inngang
• *umbigang
• *ūtgang

Related terms

• *gangan
• *gangī
• *gą̄hti

Descendants

• 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

• 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
• Old Dutch: gang (only attested in placenames)
  • Middle Dutch: ganc
    • Dutch: gang
• Old High German: gang
  • Middle High German: ganc
    • Bavarian: Gång
    • German: Gang
      • Polish: ganek
        • Yiddish: גאַניק (ganik) (probably borrowed from Polish)
    • Luxembourgish: Gang, Gank
    • → Middle French: gangue
      • French: gangue
        • → English: gangue