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This Proto-West 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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wēgaz.
Noun
*wāg m
- wave
Inflection
| Masculine a-stem
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Singular
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*wāg
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| Genitive
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*wāgas
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*wāg
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*wāgō, *wāgōs
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| Accusative
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*wāg
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*wāgā
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| Genitive
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*wāgas
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*wāgō
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| Dative
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*wāgē
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*wāgum
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| Instrumental
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*wāgu
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*wāgum
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Descendants
- Old English: wǣġ
- Old Frisian: weg
- North Frisian: weage, waag
- West Frisian: weach
- Old Saxon: wāg
- Middle Low German: wāch m (rare); wāge f (possibly merged with ?*wagō)
- → Middle High German: wāge (northern)
- → Old Swedish: vāgh
- → Danish: vove
- → Smalandian: våj
- → Helsingian: våga
- Old Dutch: *wāg
- Middle Dutch: wâech m (rare); wāge f (possibly merged with ?*wagō)
- Old High German: wāg