Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/unþagān

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *unþa- (“away”) +‎ *gān (“to go”).

Verb

*unþagān

to go away, get away

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Old English: ōþgān
Old Frisian: undgān, andgān
- West Frisian: ûntgaen
Old Saxon: *undgān, *andgān
- Middle Low German: entgān, engān, untgān, ungān, entgēn
  - → Danish: undgå
  - → Norwegian: unngå
  - → Swedish: undgå
Old Dutch: *antgān
- Middle Dutch: ontgaen
  - Dutch: ontgaan
Old High German: intgān, intgēn
- Middle High German: entgān, engān, entgēn, engēn, intgēn
  - German: entgehen