ganga
Icelandic
/ˈkauŋka/
verb-strong
Definitions
- (intransitive) to walk
- (intransitive) to work, operate, run
- (intransitive) to go
- (intransitive) to fit, to go, to be satisfactory, to do
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse ganga (walk) inherited from Proto-Germanic *ganganą (walk, go, step) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (step, walk, stride), *ǵʰengʰ- (step, walk, stride).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵʰengʰ-
Gloss
step, walk, stride
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
歩
Emoji
🪜
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antigang English
- cybergang English
- fastgang English
- gang English
- gang-fuck English
- gangbang English
- gangboard English
- gangbuster English
- gangbusting English
- gangday English
- ganger English
- gangish English
- gangland English
- ganglike English
- gangline English
- ganglord English
- gangman English
- gangmate English
- gangplank English
- gangrel English
- gangsaw English
- gangshag English
- gangsman English
- gangsome English
- gangsploitation English
- gangstalking English
- gangster English
- gangway English
- ingang English
- intergang English
- nongang English
- ongang English
- outgang English
- overgang English
- oxgang English
- press-gang English
- throughgang English
- umgang English
- undergang English
- upgang English
- watergang English
- workgang English
- gang Italian
- ghenga Italian
- gang Dutch, Flemish
- omgaan Dutch, Flemish
- gang French
- *ǵʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰengʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰengʰ-o-s Proto-Indo-European
- gjeng Norwegian Bokmål
- gå Norwegian Bokmål
- overgang Norwegian Bokmål
- gangue Portuguese
- *ganganą Proto-Germanic
- *gangaz Proto-Germanic
- *gangiz Proto-Germanic
- *gangulaz Proto-Germanic
- *ganhtiz Proto-Germanic
- *ganhuz Proto-Germanic
- *inngangaz Proto-Germanic
- *uberganganą Proto-Germanic
- *umbigangaz Proto-Germanic
- *ūtgangaz Proto-Germanic
- gäng Swedish
- gånga Swedish
- ganga Norwegian Nynorsk
- gjeng Norwegian Nynorsk
- gå Norwegian Nynorsk
- overgang Norwegian Nynorsk
- gangan Old English
- जंहस् Sanskrit
- gangen Middle English
- afganga Old Norse
- afgangr Old Norse
- afgǫngudagr Old Norse
- aptrganga Old Norse
- atgengiligr Old Norse
- ganga Old Norse
- gangr Old Norse
- gengi Old Norse
- genginn Old Norse
- gǫngull Old Norse
- jǫklagangr Old Norse
- þarfagangr Old Norse
- gai Old French
- braut Icelandic
- ferð Icelandic
- gangbraut Icelandic
- gönguferð Icelandic
- gönguleið Icelandic
- göngutúr Icelandic
- krafa Icelandic
- kröfuganga Icelandic
- leið Icelandic
- skíða Icelandic
- skíðaganga Icelandic
- túr Icelandic
- แก๊ง Thai
- gang Cebuano
- geng Indonesian
- overganc Middle Dutch
- ganga Faroese
- dgaîngue Norman
- 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *ȷ́ʰángʰas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- gangan Old Saxon
- umbigangan Old Saxon
- 깡패 Korean
- kāān̄ Marshallese
- gunga Old Frisian
- geng Fiji Hindi