*gangaz

Runic: ᚷᚨᚾᚷᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈɣɑŋ.ɡɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

pace, step, gait
walk
way, course

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰongʰ-o-s, from *ǵʰengʰ- (‘to stride, step’). Synchronically analyzable as a nominal formation from *ganganą (‘to go, walk’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	gangaz	gangōz, gangōs
Acc.	gangą	ganganz
Gen.	gangas, gangis	gangǫ̂
Dat.	gangai	gangamaz
Inst.	gangō	gangamiz
Voc.	gang	gangōz, gangōs

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Descendants

*gang (Proto-West Germanic)
- gang (Old Dutch)
  - ganc (Middle Dutch)
    - gang (Dutch)
*gang (Proto-West Germanic)
- gang, gancg, gong, ġeong, ġiong (Old English)
  - gong, gang, gonge, goonge (Middle English)
    - gang, gong, goung (English)
    - gang, gaung, ging (Scots)
*gang (Proto-West Germanic)
- gang, gong, gung (Old Frisian)
  - gong (North Frisian)
  - Goang (Saterland Frisian)
  - gong (West Frisian)
*gang (Proto-West Germanic)
- gang (Old High German)
  - ganc (Middle High German)
    - Gång (Bavarian)
    - Gang, Gank (Luxembourgish)
*gang (Proto-West Germanic)
- gang (Old High German)
  - ganc (Middle High German)
    - Gang (German)
      - ganek (Polish)
        
        גאַניק (ganik) (Yiddish)
*gang (Proto-West Germanic)
- gang (Old High German)
  - ganc (Middle High German)
    - gangue (Middle French)
      - gangue (French)
        
        gangue (English)
*gang (Proto-West Germanic)
- gang (Old Saxon)
  - gank (Middle Low German)
    - Gang (Low German)
gangr (Old Norse)
- gang (Danish)
- gangur (Faroese)
- gangur (Icelandic)
- gang (Norwegian Bokmål)
- gang, gong (Norwegian Nynorsk)
gangr (Old Norse)
- ganger (Old Swedish)
  - gång (Swedish)
*kangas (Proto-Finnic)

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