Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/unþagān

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 *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