Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gangiz

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This Proto-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-Germanic

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Etymology

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A verbal adjective derived from *ganganą (to go).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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*gangiz

  1. passable, going, able to go

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Proto-West Germanic: *gangī
    • Old English: genġe
      • Middle English: genge (early)
    • Old Frisian: genze, ginse
    • Old Saxon: *gengi
    • Old Dutch: *gengi
    • Old High German: gengi
  • Old Norse: gengr
    • Icelandic: gengur
    • Faroese: gongdur (remodelled from neuter gongt)
    • Old Swedish: gænger
      • Swedish: gäng (adjective, not the noun), gänge (the latter under influence from Middle Low German)

Further reading

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  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN