Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gagin

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

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Proto-Germanic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣɑ.ɣin/

Preposition

*gagin

1. (+dative) towards, in the direction of.
2. (+dative) against.

Descendants

• Old English: gæġn, ġeġn-, ġēan-
  • Middle English: gain, ȝæn, ȝein, gein, gayn
    • Scots: again, agane, against
    • English: gain, gain-, again, against
• Old Frisian: jēn, jōn
  • North Frisian: jen, jien
  • West Frisian: jin
• Old Saxon: gegin, gegin-
  • Middle Low German: gēgen, jēgen
    • Low German: giegen, tiegen (Münsterländisch); gegen, tegen (from to gegen)
• Old Dutch: gegin
  • Middle Dutch: jeghen, jeghens
    • Dutch: jegens, tegen (from te jegen)
• Old High German: gagan, gegin
  • Middle High German: gagen, gegen, gēn
    • German: gegen; gen
    • Luxembourgish: géint
    • Yiddish: קעגן‎ (kegn), קיין‎ (keyn)
• Old Norse: gegn
  • Icelandic: gegn, gegnum
  • Faroese: gjøgn, ígjøgn, gjøgnum, ígjøgnum
  • Old Swedish: gēn, gēnom
    • Swedish: gen-, genom, igen (from Old Swedish ī gēn (Old Norse í gegn))
  • Danish: igen, gennem, igennem, gen-, gennem-
  • Middle English: gain, geyn, gayne
    • Scots: gain