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”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwɛː.ɣɔː/

Noun

*wēgō f[1]

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension 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
- 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)
    - → Polish: waga
      - → Russian: ва́га (vága)
      - → Ukrainian: ва́га (váha)
      - → Belarusian: ва́гі (váhi)
    - → Serbo-Croatian: vaga
      - → Macedonian: ва́га (vága)
    - → Slovak: váhy, (váha)
    - → Slovene: vaga
Old Norse: vág
- Icelandic: vog
- Old Swedish: vāgh
  - Swedish: våg
  - → Finnish: vaaka
→ Proto-Finnic: *väkä (see there for further descendants)

References

Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*wēgiz~wēgō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 439

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