forthgo

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*furþą“forth”
2. Old English · inherited fromforþgān“to go forth, advance, proceed, pass by, go away, go on, precede, succeed”
3. Middle English · inherited fromforthgon
4. English todayforthgo

From Middle English forthgon, forthgan, from Old English forþgān (“to go forth, advance, proceed, pass by, go away, go on, precede, succeed”), from Proto-Germanic *furþą (“forth”), *gāną (“to go”), equivalent to forth- + go. Cognate with Dutch voortgaan (“to continue, proceed, go ahead”), German fortgehen (“to go away, leave, depart, blin”), Swedish fortgå (“to continue, go on, proceed”).

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