*wagjaz

Runic: ᚹᚨᚷᛃᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈwɑɣ.jɑz/

noun · masculine · ja-stem

Meanings

wedge

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (‘to move’). Cognate with Lithuanian vãgis (‘peg, hook’).

*wagi (Proto-West Germanic)
- *weggi (Old Dutch)
  - wegghe, wigghe (Middle Dutch)
    - weg, wegge, wig (Dutch)
      - wig (Afrikaans)
*wagi (Proto-West Germanic)
- weċġ (Old English)
  - wegge (Middle English)
    - wedge (English)
    - weg, wegge, wadge, waige (Scots)
*wagi (Proto-West Germanic)
- *wegge, *wigge (Old Frisian)
  - wigge (West Frisian)
*wagi (Proto-West Germanic)
- weggi, wekki, wecki (Old High German)
  - wegge, wecke (Middle High German)
    - Wecke, Wecken, Weck (German)
    - Weck (Hunsrik)
    - Weck (Pennsylvania German)
*wagi (Proto-West Germanic)
- weggi (Old Saxon)
  - wegge (Middle Low German)
*waggi (Proto-West Germanic)
- *weggi (Old Dutch)
  - wegghe, wigghe (Middle Dutch)
    - weg, wegge, wig (Dutch)
      - wig (Afrikaans)
*waggi (Proto-West Germanic)
- weċġ (Old English)
  - wegge (Middle English)
    - wedge (English)
    - weg, wegge, wadge, waige (Scots)
*waggi (Proto-West Germanic)
- *wegge, *wigge (Old Frisian)
  - wigge (West Frisian)
*waggi (Proto-West Germanic)
- weggi, wekki, wecki (Old High German)
  - wegge, wecke (Middle High German)
    - Wecke, Wecken, Weck (German)
    - Weck (Hunsrik)
    - Weck (Pennsylvania German)
*waggi (Proto-West Germanic)
- weggi (Old Saxon)
  - wegge (Middle Low German)
*vakja (Proto-Finnic)