different between umgang vs upgang

English

Alternative forms

• umgong

Etymology

From Middle English umgang, umbegang (“circumference, circuit”), from Old English ymbgang, ymbegang (“going about, going round, circuit, circumference, surrounding belt, a winding course, bend, a going about a business”), from Proto-West Germanic *umbigang, from Proto-Germanic *umbigangaz, equivalent to um- +? gang. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Uumgong, West Frisian omgong, Dutch omgang (“dealing, handling”), German Umgang (“dealings, handling”), Danish omgang (“game”). More at um-, gang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m?a?/

Noun

umgang (plural umgangs)

1. (now chiefly Britain dialectal) A round about; a way around; detour.
2. (Britain dialectal, chiefly Scotland) An instance of going or passing around; a trip.
3. (Britain dialectal, chiefly Scotland) A circuit; circumference.

English

Alternative forms

• upgaing, upgeng, uppgeng (Scotland)

Etymology

From Middle English upgang, from Old English upgang (“ascent”), equivalent to up- +? gang. Cognate with Dutch opgang (“ascent”), German Aufgang (“rising, ascent”), Swedish uppgång (“a rise, a way up”), Icelandic uppgang (“expansion”).

Noun

upgang (plural upgangs)

1. (Britain dialectal) The act of ascending a slope; ascent.
2. (Britain dialectal) A way up; a slope.
3. (Britain dialectal) A sudden rising of wind and sea; a storm.

Derived terms

• upgang of weather

Anagrams

• gang up

Old English

Alternative forms

• upgong, ?pgang

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *uppgang. Equivalent to up- +? gang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?up???n?/, [?up?????]

Noun

upgang m

1. a rise, ascent

2. an approach: a way up
3. a landing: a going from sea to land
4. an incursion: a going inland

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: upgang
  • English: upgang

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) , “upgang”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.