gå
Swedish
/ɡoː/
verb-irr
Definitions
- go, walk, stroll
- go, leave
- go; to be given or allotted
- go; to extend between two points
- go; lead to
- go; elapse
- go; to start
- (with "till") go; resort to
- go; change from one value to another
- (with "till") go; to be spent
- go; to be sold
- go; to fit or be compatible
- go; to be expressed or composed in a certain way
- go; attend
- go; to be in a state continuously
- go; circulate (about rumors, stories and contagious diseases)
- go; to stop functioning about a mechanical or electric system
- to cease flowing about a flow of water or electricity
- go; to proceed; work out, behave as anticipated (about a solution of a problem)
- about a mechanism or machine go; work, run
- about a card in a cardgame go; be played
- (colloquial) be allowed (as being deemed practically possible)
- (with "med") be doing
Etymology
Derived from Old Swedish gā derived from Old Norse gá (heed, mark, watch) derived from Proto-Germanic *gāną (go) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁- (leave, leave behind, abandon), *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
- gehen German
- χωλός Ancient Greek
- *gʰow-rós Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰi-ǵʰn̥h₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰé-ǵʰeh₁-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *ganhāną Proto-Germanic
- *gāndz Proto-Germanic
- *gāną Proto-Germanic
- *ijj-, *gāną Proto-Germanic
- *wandijaną Proto-Germanic
- angå Swedish
- avgå Swedish
- begå Swedish
- före Swedish
- föregå Swedish
- förgänglig Swedish
- förgå Swedish
- gåstol Swedish
- in Swedish
- ingå Swedish
- stol Swedish
- undgå Swedish
- ut Swedish
- utgå Swedish
- övergå Swedish
- övergång Swedish
- gjennomgå Norwegian Nynorsk
- gjennomgåande Norwegian Nynorsk
- gān Old English
- wendan Old English
- wenden Old English
- विहीन, বিহীন Sanskrit
- gawren Middle English
- gowen Middle English
- ganga Old Norse
- gá Old Norse
- seiða Old Norse
- gá Icelandic
- gadael Welsh
- gān Old High German
- gēn Old High German
- gān Middle High German
- *gān gmw-pro
- gan Old Dutch
- gān Old Dutch
- angan Middle Low German
- dorghéenan Cimbrian
- ghéenan Cimbrian
- *ȷ́ʰaH- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- gan Old Saxon
- gān Old Saxon
- aagaa Alemannic German
- gaa Alemannic German
- gā Old Swedish
- gan Old Frisian
- gān Old Frisian
- *en-gaska Proto-Albanian
- gaa Old Danish
- gą̊ Elfdalian
- geen Crimean Gothic