Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gang

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gangaz.

Noun

*gang m

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*gang
Genitive	*gangas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*gang	gangō, gangōs
Accusative	*gang	*gangā
Genitive	*gangas	*gangō
Dative	*gangē	*gangum
Instrumental	*gangu	*gangum

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

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