*wegaz

Runic: ᚹᛖᚷᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈwe.ɣɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

According to Kroonen, a nominal derivative from *weganą (‘to move, carry’).

Villanueva Svensson, while maintaining the root etymology, derives this noun more directly from an e-grade *-az adjective meaning "ridden (on)".

*weg (Proto-West Germanic)
- weg (Old Dutch)
  - wech (Middle Dutch)
    - waeg (Limburgish)
*weg (Proto-West Germanic)
- weg (Old Dutch)
  - wech (Middle Dutch)
    - weg (Dutch)
      - weg (Afrikaans)
*weg (Proto-West Germanic)
- weġ (Old English)
  - wæi, wei, wai, wey, way (Middle English)
    - way (English)
    - wey (Scots)
*weg (Proto-West Germanic)
- wei (Old Frisian)
  - ? (North Frisian)
  - Wai (Saterland Frisian)
  - wei (West Frisian)
*weg (Proto-West Germanic)
- wëg, wëc (Old High German)
  - wëc (Middle High German)
    - Wäg (Alemannic German)
    - ? (Bavarian)
    - Weg (German)
    - Weg (Pennsylvania German)
    - וועג (veg) (Yiddish)
*weg (Proto-West Germanic)
- wëg, wëc (Old High German)
  - wëc (Middle High German)
    - Wääch (Central Franconian)
      - Wegh (Hunsrik)
      - Wee (Luxembourgish)
*weg (Proto-West Germanic)
- weg (Old Saxon)
  - wech (Middle Low German)
    - Wajch (Plautdietsch)
*weg (Proto-West Germanic)
- weg (Old Saxon)
  - wech (Middle Low German)
    - Weg (Low German)
      - weg (Dutch Low Saxon)
      - Weg (German Low German)
vegr (Old Norse)
- vegur (Faroese)
- vegur (Icelandic)
vegr (Old Norse)
- veg (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  - veg (Norwegian Bokmål)
vegr (Old Norse)
- wægh (Old Danish)
  - vej (Danish)
  - vei (Norwegian Bokmål)
vegr (Old Norse)
- vægher (Old Swedish)
  - väg (Swedish)
𐍅𐌹𐌲𐍃 (wigs) (Gothic)