Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ganganą
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (“to walk, step”). Cognate with Sanskrit जंगहे (jaṃgahe) (third-person singular intensive form of जंहति (jaṃhati, “to move quickly, sprawl, kick”)) and Lithuanian žeñgti (“to step”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]*ganganą
Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of *ganganą (strong class 7c)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *gangan
- Old Norse: ganga
- Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (gaggan) (suppletive past tense from *gāną: 𐌹𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌰 (iddja))