overgang · verb1
- Proto-Germanic · inherited from*uberganganą
- Old English · inherited fromofergangan
- Middle English · inherited fromovergangen
- English todayovergang
From Middle English overgangen, from Old English ofergangan, from Proto-Germanic *uberganganą, made up from *uber (“over”) + *ganganą (“to walk, step”), equivalent to over- + gang (“to walk, step”). Cognate with Scots owergang (“to overwhelm, master, dominate”).
overgang · noun2
- Old English · derived fromofergang“a going across”
- Middle English · derived from*overgang
- English todayovergang
From Middle English *overgang, from Old English ofergang (“a going across”), equivalent to over- + gang (“a going”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.