throughgang

== English == === Alternative forms === through-gang, through-gaun === Etymology === From Middle English *thurgh-gang, from Old English *þurhgang (“a going through, permeation”), equivalent to through- +‎ gang. Compare Old English þurhgangan (“to go through, go over”), Old High German durhgangan, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (þairhgaggan). === Noun === throughgang (plural throughgangs) (dialectal, chiefly Scotland) a thoroughfare; an entry; passage; passageway