Proto-Indo-European

*ǵʰengʰ-

‘to walk’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ-.

18 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ-, most familiar first.

• gang ← gangen ← gangan ← *gangan ← *ganganą
• jay ← jai ← gaius ← *gāhi ← *ganhuz
• gong ← gang ← gangan ← *gangan ← *ganganą
• gan ← gangen ← gangan ← *gangan ← *ganganą
• camino ← cammīnus ← *kamman ← *kanxsman ← *kengeti
• doppelganger
• ging ← gyng ← genge ← gengi ← *gangiją
• gangue ← Gang ← ganc ← gang ← *gang
• antigayism ← gay ← gay ← gai ← gai
• gainly ← gaynly ← gayn ← gegn ← *gagin
• gegenion ← gegen ← gegen ← gagan ← *gagin
• ingang ← *inngangaz ← *innganganą ← *ganganą

More words from *ǵʰengʰ-

• mitgehen
• outgang
• overgang
• throughgang
• umgang
• undergang

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ-