gan
Scots
verb
Definitions
- to go
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English gan derived from Old English gān (go), wenden (wend) root from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁- (leave, leave behind, abandon).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵʰeh₁-
Gloss
leave, leave behind, abandon
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- χωλός Ancient Greek
- *ǵʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰi-ǵʰn̥h₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰé-ǵʰeh₁-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *gānaz Proto-Germanic
- *gāną Proto-Germanic
- *wandijaną Proto-Germanic
- gjennomgå Norwegian Nynorsk
- gjennomgåande Norwegian Nynorsk
- began Old English
- edwenden Old English
- foregan Old English
- forgan Old English
- forþgan Old English
- gān Old English
- ingan Old English
- ofergan Old English
- ofgan Old English
- togan Old English
- upgan Old English
- utgan Old English
- wenden Old English
- wiþgan Old English
- ymbgan Old English
- þurhgan Old English
- ġeġn Old English
- विहीन, বিহীন Sanskrit
- gan Middle English
- gon Middle English
- ganga Old Norse
- seiða Old Norse
- gadael Welsh
- *gān gmw-pro
- *ȷ́ʰaH- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- gaan Scots
- *en-gaska Proto-Albanian
- gaa Old Danish