goand

Meaning

Verb

• Present participle of go.

Origin

• From Middle English goand, goande, variant of Middle English goende, goonde, gond, gonde, from Old English gānde, from Proto-Germanic *gāndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *gāną, equivalent to go + -and. More at go, -and. Cognate with West Frisian geanend ("going, walking"), Dutch gaand ("going, walking"), Low German gahn ("going, walking"), German gehend ("going, walking"), Danish gående ("going, walking"), Norwegian gående ("going, walking"), Swedish gående ("going, walking").