Etymograph

English

Gange

Gange comes from Middle High German genge ‘circulating, common’, from Old High German gengi ‘passable’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- ‘to walk, step’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰengʰ-‘to walk, step’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*ganganą‘to go’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gangiz‘passable, going, able to go’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*gangī‘passable’reconstructed
  5. Old High Germanc. 750–1050gengi‘passable’
  6. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350genge‘circulating, common’
  7. EnglishtodayGange

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰengʰ-‘to walk, step’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*ganganą‘to go’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gangiz‘passable, going, able to go’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*gangī‘passable’reconstructed
  5. Old High Germanc. 750–1050gengi‘passable’
  6. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350genge‘circulating, common’
  7. EnglishtodayGange

Linked words

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

jay, camino, ging, doppelganger, 12 more

through Proto-Germanic *ganganą ‘to go’

gong, gan, 8 more

Today it means

name A surname from Norman.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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

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