Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gangaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰongʰos, from *ǵʰengʰ- (“stride, step”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɣɑŋ.ɡɑz/

Noun

*gangaz m

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *gangaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*gangaz	gangōz, gangōs
vocative	*gang	gangōz, gangōs
accusative	*gangą	*ganganz
genitive	gangas, gangis	*gangǫ̂
dative	*gangai	*gangamaz
instrumental	*gangō	*gangamiz

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *gang
- Old English: gang, gancg, gong, ġeong, ġiong — with initial /j/ after palatalised past forms of gangan
  - Middle English: gong, gang, gonge, goonge
    - English: gang (see there for further descendants); gong, goung (obsolete)
    - Scots: gang, gaung, ging
      Northeastern: dyang, gyang
- Old Frisian: gang, gong, gung
  - North Frisian: gong
  - Saterland Frisian: Goang
  - West Frisian: gong
- Old Saxon: gang
  - Middle Low German: ganc, gank
    - German Low German: Gang
- Old Dutch: gang (only attested in placenames)
  - Middle Dutch: ganc
    - Dutch: gang
- Old High German: gang
  - Middle High German: ganc
    - Bavarian: Gång
    - German: Gang
      - Polish: ganek
        Yiddish: גאַניק (ganik) (probably borrowed from Polish)
    - Luxembourgish: Gang, Gank
    - → Middle French: gangue
      - French: gangue
        → English: gangue
Old Norse: gangr
- Icelandic: gangur
- Faroese: gangur
- Norwegian Bokmål: gang
- Norwegian Nynorsk: gang, gong
- Old Swedish: ganger
  - Swedish: gång
- Danish: gang
Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍃 (gaggs)
→ Proto-Finnic: *kangas (see there for further descendants)