Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things such as people or cars, or intangible things such as moods or information.) · To move or travel through time (either literally—in a fictional or hypothetical situation in which time travel is possible—or in one's mind or knowledge of the historical record). (See also go back.) · To navigate (to a file or folder on a computer, a site on the internet, a memory, etc.). · To move (a particular distance, or in a particular fashion).
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *gāną Proto-West Germanic *gān Old English gān Middle English gon English go From Middle English gon, goon, from Old English gān (“to go”), from Proto-West Germanic *gān, from Proto-Germanic *gāną (“to go”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁- (“to leave”). The inherited past tense form yode (compare Old English ēode) was replaced through suppletion in the 15th century by went, from Old English wendan (“to go, depart, wend”). cognates and related terms Cognate with Scots gae, gan, gang, ging, gyang (“to go”), Yola go, goe, goeth, gow (“to go”), West Frisian gean (“to go”), Alemannic German gaa, go (“to go, walk, step”), Bavarian geh (“to go”), Cimbrian ghéenan, gian (“to go”), Dutch gaan (“to go”), Dutch Low Saxon gan, gaon (“to go”), German gehen (“to go”), German Low German gahn (“to go”), Limburgish gaon, goëne (“to go”), Luxembourgish goen (“to go”), Vilamovian gejn, gyjn (“to go”), Yiddish גיין (geyn, “to go, walk”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish gå (“to go, walk”), Crimean Gothic geen (“to go”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (gaggan, “to go”). Compare also Albanian ngah (“to run, drive, go”), Ancient Greek κιχάνω (kikhánō, “to meet with, arrive at”), Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬰𐬁𐬨𐬌 (zazāmi), Sanskrit जहाति (jáhāti, “to shun, avoid, lay aside”).
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- Inherited-form mentiongonenm
- Inherited-form mentiongānang · to go
- Inherited-form mention*gāngmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*gānągem-pro · to go
- Derivation mention*ǵʰeh₁-ine-pro · to leave
- Cognate mentionēodeang
- Cognate mentionwendanang · to go, depart, wend
- Cognate mentiongaesco
- Cognate mentiongoyol
- Cognate mentiongeanfy · to go
- Cognate mentiongaagsw
- Cognate mentiongehbar · to go
- Cognate mentionghéenancim
- Cognate mentiongaannl · to go
- Cognate mentiongehende · to go
- Cognate mentiongaonli
- Cognate mentiongoenlb · to go
- Cognate mentiongejnwym
- Cognate mentionגייןyi · to go, walk
- Cognate mentiongeengme-cgo · to go
- Cognate mention𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽got · to go
- Cognate mentionngahsq · to run, drive, go
- Cognate mentionκιχάνωgrc · to meet with, arrive at
- Cognate mention𐬰𐬀𐬰𐬁𐬨𐬌ae
- Cognate mentionजहातिsa · to shun, avoid, lay aside
This page abbreviates 65 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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],
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"𐬰𐬀𐬰𐬁𐬨𐬌#Avestan"
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"To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things such as people or cars, or intangible things such as moods or information.)",
"To move or travel through time (either literally—in a fictional or hypothetical situation in which time travel is possible—or in one's mind or knowledge of the historical record). (See also go back.)",
"To navigate (to a file or folder on a computer, a site on the internet, a memory, etc.).",
"To move (a particular distance, or in a particular fashion)."
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