foregangan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to forego, go before, precede, rank higher than
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *furaiganganą (go before, forego) prefix from Old English gangan (walk, go, turn out, step).
Origin
Old English
gangan
Gloss
walk, go, turn out, step
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
歩
Emoji
🚶 🚶 🚶♀️ 🚶♂️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *furaiganganą Proto-Germanic
- *ganganą Proto-Germanic
- agangan Old English
- begangan Old English
- bigenga Old English
- forgangan Old English
- forþgangan Old English
- gangan Old English
- gegangan Old English
- geondgangan Old English
- ingangan Old English
- ofergangan Old English
- undergangan Old English
- ymbgangan Old English
- þurhgangan Old English
- gangen Middle English
- ganga Old Norse
- 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- gang Scots