"gang" meaning in Proto-West Germanic

See gang in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *gangaz. Etymology templates: {{root|gmw-pro|ine-pro|*ǵʰengʰ-}}, {{inh|gmw-pro|gem-pro|*gangaz}} Proto-Germanic *gangaz Head templates: {{head|gmw-pro|noun|g=m}} *gang m Inflection templates: {{gmw-infl-noun-a|g=m}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], gang [nominative, singular], gangō [nominative, plural], gangōs [nominative, plural], gang [accusative, singular], gangā [accusative, plural], gangas [genitive, singular], gangō [genitive, plural], gangē [dative, singular], gangum [dative, plural], gangu [instrumental, singular], gangum [instrumental, plural]
  1. pace, step, gait Tags: masculine, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-gang-gmw-pro-noun-B1Y3bkKE Categories (other): Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header: 81 10 10
  2. walk Tags: masculine, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-gang-gmw-pro-noun-emxPrGxc
  3. way, course Tags: masculine, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-gang-gmw-pro-noun-WtBcUy1J
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: inngang, umbigang, ūtgang Related terms: gangan, gangī, gą̄hti

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "inngang"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "umbigang"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ūtgang"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "gang"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: gang, gancg, gong; ġeong, ġiong — with initial /j/ after palatalised past forms of gangan\nMiddle English: gong, gang, gonge, goonge\nEnglish: gang (see there for further descendants); gong, goung (obsolete)\nScots: gang, gaung, ging\nNortheastern: dyang, gyang",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: gang, gancg, gong; ġeong, ġiong — with initial /j/ after palatalised past forms of gangan\nMiddle English: gong, gang, gonge, goonge\nEnglish: gang (see there for further descendants); gong, goung (obsolete)\nScots: gang, gaung, ging\nNortheastern: dyang, gyang"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ofs",
            "2": "gang",
            "3": "gong",
            "4": "gung"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Frisian: gang, gong, gung",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Frisian: gang, gong, gung"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frr",
            "2": "gong"
          },
          "expansion": "North Frisian: gong",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "North Frisian: gong"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "stq",
            "2": "Goang"
          },
          "expansion": "Saterland Frisian: Goang",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Saterland Frisian: Goang"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fy",
            "2": "gong"
          },
          "expansion": "West Frisian: gong",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "West Frisian: gong"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
            "2": "gang"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: gang",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: gang"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gml",
            "2": "ganc",
            "3": "gank"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Low German: ganc, gank",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Low German: ganc, gank"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nds-de",
            "2": "Gang"
          },
          "expansion": "German Low German: Gang",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German Low German: Gang"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "gang"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Dutch: gang",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "only attested in placenames"
          },
          "expansion": "(only attested in placenames)",
          "name": "gloss"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Dutch: gang (only attested in placenames)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
            "2": "ganc"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Dutch: ganc",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Dutch: ganc"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "gang"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch: gang",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch: gang"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "gang"
          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: gang\nMiddle High German: ganc\nBavarian: Gång\nGerman: Gang\nPolish: ganek\nYiddish: גאַניק (ganik) (probably borrowed from Polish)\nLuxembourgish: Gang, Gank\n→ Middle French: gangue\nFrench: gangue\n→ English: gangue",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: gang\nMiddle High German: ganc\nBavarian: Gång\nGerman: Gang\nPolish: ganek\nYiddish: גאַניק (ganik) (probably borrowed from Polish)\nLuxembourgish: Gang, Gank\n→ Middle French: gangue\nFrench: gangue\n→ English: gangue"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵʰengʰ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*gangaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *gangaz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *gangaz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmw-infl-noun-a",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Masculine a-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gang",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gangō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gangōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gang",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gangā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gangas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gangō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gangē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gangum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gangu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gangum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "*gang m",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m"
      },
      "name": "gmw-infl-noun-a"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "gangan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "gangī"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "gą̄hti"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "81 10 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pace, step, gait"
      ],
      "id": "en-gang-gmw-pro-noun-B1Y3bkKE",
      "links": [
        [
          "pace",
          "pace"
        ],
        [
          "step",
          "step"
        ],
        [
          "gait",
          "gait"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "walk"
      ],
      "id": "en-gang-gmw-pro-noun-emxPrGxc",
      "links": [
        [
          "walk",
          "walk"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "way, course"
      ],
      "id": "en-gang-gmw-pro-noun-WtBcUy1J",
      "links": [
        [
          "way",
          "way"
        ],
        [
          "course",
          "course"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "gang"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Proto-West Germanic lemmas",
    "Proto-West Germanic masculine a-stem nouns",
    "Proto-West Germanic masculine nouns",
    "Proto-West Germanic nouns",
    "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰengʰ-",
    "Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "inngang"
    },
    {
      "word": "umbigang"
    },
    {
      "word": "ūtgang"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "gang"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: gang, gancg, gong; ġeong, ġiong — with initial /j/ after palatalised past forms of gangan\nMiddle English: gong, gang, gonge, goonge\nEnglish: gang (see there for further descendants); gong, goung (obsolete)\nScots: gang, gaung, ging\nNortheastern: dyang, gyang",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: gang, gancg, gong; ġeong, ġiong — with initial /j/ after palatalised past forms of gangan\nMiddle English: gong, gang, gonge, goonge\nEnglish: gang (see there for further descendants); gong, goung (obsolete)\nScots: gang, gaung, ging\nNortheastern: dyang, gyang"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ofs",
            "2": "gang",
            "3": "gong",
            "4": "gung"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Frisian: gang, gong, gung",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Frisian: gang, gong, gung"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frr",
            "2": "gong"
          },
          "expansion": "North Frisian: gong",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "North Frisian: gong"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "stq",
            "2": "Goang"
          },
          "expansion": "Saterland Frisian: Goang",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Saterland Frisian: Goang"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fy",
            "2": "gong"
          },
          "expansion": "West Frisian: gong",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "West Frisian: gong"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
            "2": "gang"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: gang",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: gang"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gml",
            "2": "ganc",
            "3": "gank"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Low German: ganc, gank",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Low German: ganc, gank"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nds-de",
            "2": "Gang"
          },
          "expansion": "German Low German: Gang",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German Low German: Gang"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "gang"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Dutch: gang",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "only attested in placenames"
          },
          "expansion": "(only attested in placenames)",
          "name": "gloss"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Dutch: gang (only attested in placenames)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
            "2": "ganc"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Dutch: ganc",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Dutch: ganc"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "gang"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch: gang",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch: gang"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "gang"
          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: gang\nMiddle High German: ganc\nBavarian: Gång\nGerman: Gang\nPolish: ganek\nYiddish: גאַניק (ganik) (probably borrowed from Polish)\nLuxembourgish: Gang, Gank\n→ Middle French: gangue\nFrench: gangue\n→ English: gangue",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: gang\nMiddle High German: ganc\nBavarian: Gång\nGerman: Gang\nPolish: ganek\nYiddish: גאַניק (ganik) (probably borrowed from Polish)\nLuxembourgish: Gang, Gank\n→ Middle French: gangue\nFrench: gangue\n→ English: gangue"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵʰengʰ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*gangaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *gangaz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *gangaz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmw-infl-noun-a",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Masculine a-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gang",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gangō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gangōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gang",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gangā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gangas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gangō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gangē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gangum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gangu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gangum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "head"
    }
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      "name": "gmw-infl-noun-a"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "gangan"
    },
    {
      "word": "gangī"
    },
    {
      "word": "gą̄hti"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "gmw-pro:Gaits"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pace, step, gait"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pace",
          "pace"
        ],
        [
          "step",
          "step"
        ],
        [
          "gait",
          "gait"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "gmw-pro:Walking"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "walk"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "walk",
          "walk"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "gmw-pro:Roads"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "way, course"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "way",
          "way"
        ],
        [
          "course",
          "course"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "gang"
}

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