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.

Proto-Germanic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɣɑ.ɣin/

Preposition

*gagin

(+dative) towards, in the direction of.
(+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

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