From Middle English umgang, umbegang, from Old English ymbgang, ymbegang, from Proto-West Germanic *umbigang, from Proto-Germanic *umbigangaz, equivalent to um- + gang. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Uumgong, West Frisian omgong, Dutch omgang, German Umgang, Danish omgang. More at um-, gang.
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