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

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