A cognate word in Danish is l\u00f8be<\/strong> [\u02c8l\u00f8\u02d0b\u0325\u0259], which means to run, and the equivalent in Swedish, l\u00f6pa<\/strong> [l\u00f8\u02d0pa], means to hare, run or be in heat. Meanwhile in Faroese the equivalent word is leypa<\/strong>, which means to run or jump.<\/p>\n These words all come from the Proto-Germanic root hlaupan\u0105<\/em> [\u02c8xl\u0251u\u032f.p\u0251.n\u0251\u0303] (to jump forward, to leap) from the Proto-Indo-European *klewb-<\/em> (to spring, stumble) [source<\/a>].<\/p>\n The English words leap<\/strong> and lope<\/strong> (to travel at an easy pace with long strides) come from the same root, as does the German word laufen<\/strong> (to go, walk, run, work, move), and related words in other Germanic languages [source<\/a>].<\/p>\n In Swedish one word for to run is springa<\/strong>, which is cognate with the English word spring<\/strong>, the Dutch springen<\/strong> [\u02c8spr\u026a\u014b\u0259(n)] (to blow, jump, leap, burst), the German springen<\/strong> [\u02c8\u0283p\u0281\u026a\u014b\u0259n] (to go, bounce, skip, spring, leap), and the Danish springe<\/strong> [\u02c8sb\u0281\u025b\u014b\u0259] (to jump, leap, spring).<\/p>\n These come from the Proto-Germanic root springan\u0105<\/em> [\u02c8spri\u014b.\u0261\u0251.n\u0251\u0303] (to spring, jump up, burst, explode) [source<\/a>].<\/p>\n The word g\u00e5<\/strong> [\u0261o\u02d0] means to go, walk or stoll in Swedish. In Danish the same word, pronounced [\u0261\u0254\u02d0\/\u0261\u030a\u0254\u02d0\u02c0], means to go or walk, and in Norwegian, where it\u2019s pronounced [\u0261\u0252\u02d0\/\u0261o\u02d0], it means to walk, go work, function, or be alright. In Faroese the equivalent is ganga<\/strong> [\u02c8k\u025b\u014bka], which means to walk.<\/p>\n These come from the the Old Norse ganga<\/em> [\u02c8\u0261\u0251\u0303\u014b\u0261\u0251] (to go, walk), from the Proto-Germanic *gangan\u0105<\/em> [\u02c8\u0263\u0251\u014b.\u0261\u0251.n\u0251\u0303] (to go, walk, step), from the Proto-Indo-European *\u01f5\u02b0eng\u02b0-<\/em> (to walk, step), which is also the root of the word gang<\/strong> (to go, walk) in northern dialects of English, and in Scots [source<\/a>].<\/p>\n The English word go<\/strong> comes from the Middle English gon, goon<\/em> (to go), from the Old English g\u0101n<\/em> (to go), from the Proto-Germanic *g\u0101n\u0105<\/em> (to go), from the Proto-Indo-European *\u01f5\u02b0eh\u2081-<\/em> (to leave) [source<\/a>]<\/p>\n
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