Etymograph

English

throughgang

Throughgang comes from Old English þurhgangan ‘a going through, permeation’, from gangan ‘to go, walk’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰengʰ-1‘to walk, step’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*ganganą2‘to go, walk, step’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*gangan3‘to go, walk, step’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150gangan4‘to go, walk’
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150þurhgangan5as *þurhgang‘a going through, permeation’reconstructed
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*thurgh-gang5reconstructed
  7. Englishtodaythroughgang5

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Germanic *ganganą
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Proto-West Germanic *gangan
  3. 3 Wiktionary, Old English gangan
  4. 4 Wiktionary, Old English þurhgangan
  5. 5 Wiktionary, English throughgang

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰengʰ-Wiktionary, Proto-Germanic *ganganą‘to walk, step’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*ganganąWiktionary, Proto-West Germanic *gangan‘to go, walk, step’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*ganganWiktionary, Old English gangan‘to go, walk, step’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150ganganWiktionary, Old English þurhgangan‘to go, walk’
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150þurhganganWiktionary, English throughgangas *þurhgang‘a going through, permeation’reconstructed
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*thurgh-gangWiktionary, English throughgangreconstructed
  7. EnglishtodaythroughgangWiktionary, English throughgang

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- ‘to walk, step’

jay, camino, doppelganger, ging, 11 more

through Old English gangan ‘to go, walk’

gong, gan, 2 more

Today it means

noun a thoroughfare; an entry; passage; passageway

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “throughgang”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Germanic *ganganą, Proto-West Germanic *gangan, Old English gangan, Old English þurhgangan. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- / throughgang

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