Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wegaz

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

A nominal derivative from *weganą (“to move, carry”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwe.ɣɑz/

Noun

*wegaz m

  1. way
  2. path

Inflection

Declension of *wegaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wegaz *wegōz, *wegōs
vocative *weg *wegōz, *wegōs
accusative *wegą *weganz
genitive *wegas, *wigis *wegǫ̂
dative *wegai *wegamaz
instrumental *wegō *wegamiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *weg
    • Old English: weġ
    • Old Frisian: wei
      • North Frisian: wey
      • Saterland Frisian: Wai
      • West Frisian: wei
    • Old Saxon: weg
      • Middle Low German: wech
        • Low German: Weg
          • Dutch Low Saxon: weg
          • German Low German: Weg
        • Plautdietsch: Wajch
    • Old Dutch: weg
    • Old High German: wëg, wëc
      • Middle High German: wëc
        • Alemannic German: Wäg
        • Bavarian:
          Cimbrian: bèg, bege (Luserna)
          Mòcheno: be
        • Central Franconian: Wääch
          • Luxembourgish: Wee (from dative and plural)
          • Hunsrik: Wegh
        • German: Weg
        • Pennsylvania German: Weg
        • Yiddish: וועג (veg)
  • Old Norse: vegr
    • Icelandic: vegur m
    • Faroese: vegur m
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: veg m
      • → Norwegian Bokmål: veg m
    • Old Swedish: vægher
    • Danish: vej c
      • Norwegian Bokmål: vei m
  • Gothic: 𐍅𐌹𐌲𐍃 (wigs)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wega-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 577
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