Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wēgō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *weganą (“to move, to carry”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwɛː.ɣɔː/

Noun

*wēgō f^[1]

Inflection

Declension of *wēgō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wēgō	*wēgôz
vocative	*wēgō	*wēgôz
accusative	*wēgǭ	*wēgōz
genitive	*wēgōz	*wēgǫ̂
dative	*wēgōi	*wēgōmaz
instrumental	*wēgō	*wēgōmiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *wāgu
- Old English: wǣġ
  - Middle English: wei, weie
    - English: wey
- Old Saxon: wāga
  - Middle Low German: wâge
    - German Low German: Waag
- Old Dutch: wāga
  - Middle Dutch: wâge
    - Dutch: waag
- Old High German: wāga
  - Middle High German: wāge
    - German: Waage
    - Luxembourgish: Wo
    - Yiddish: וואָג (vog)
    - → Czech: váhy, váha
    - → Old Polish: waga
      - Polish: waga, wága (Kielce, Przemyśl)
        → Kashubian: wôga
        → Russian: ва́га (vága)
        → Slovincian: wogha
        → Ukrainian: ва́га (váha)
        → Belarusian: ва́гі (váhi)
      - Silesian: wŏga
    - → Serbo-Croatian: vaga
      - → Macedonian: ва́га (vága)
    - → Slovak: váhy, váha
    - → Slovene: vaga
Old Norse: vág
- Icelandic: vog
- Norwegian Nynorsk: våg
  - Russenorsk: våga
- Old Danish: vagh
  - Danish: våg
- Old Swedish: vāgh
  - Swedish: våg
  - → Finnish: vaaka
→ Proto-Samic: *viekō (see there for further descendants)
→ Proto-Finnic: *väkä (see there for further descendants)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*wēgiz~wēgō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 439

[HGE-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*wēgiz~wēgō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 439

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