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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *wegaz</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
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      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-03"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_wegaz</idno>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_wegaz" type="noun" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wegaz">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>wegaz</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈwe.ɣɑz</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᚹᛖᚷᚨᛉ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>noun</pos>
            <gram type="gender">masculine</gram>
            <gram type="stem">a-stem</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>way</def>
          </sense>
          <sense n="2">
            <def>path</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">According to Kroonen, a nominal derivative from *weganą (‘to move, carry’).</seg>
            <seg type="p">Villanueva Svensson, while maintaining the root etymology, derives this noun more directly from an e-grade *-az adjective meaning "ridden (on)".</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom">
              <orth>wegaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom">
              <orth>wegōz, wegōs</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc">
              <orth>wegą</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc">
              <orth>weganz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen">
              <orth>wegas, wigis</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen">
              <orth>wegǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat">
              <orth>wegai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat">
              <orth>wegamaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr">
              <orth>wegō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr">
              <orth>wegamiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #voc">
              <orth>weg</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #voc">
              <orth>wegōz, wegōs</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
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                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*weg</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>weg</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>wech</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Limburgish</lang>
                        <orth>waeg</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*weg</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>weg</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>wech</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>weg</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Afrikaans</lang>
                          <orth>weg</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*weg</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>weġ</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>wæi, wei, wai, wey, way</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>English</lang>
                        <orth>way</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Scots</lang>
                        <orth>wey</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*weg</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>wei</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>North Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>?</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Saterland Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>Wai</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>West Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>wei</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*weg</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>wëg, wëc</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>wëc</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Alemannic German</lang>
                        <orth>Wäg</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Bavarian</lang>
                        <orth>?</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German</lang>
                        <orth>Weg</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Pennsylvania German</lang>
                        <orth>Weg</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Yiddish</lang>
                        <orth>וועג (veg)</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*weg</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>wëg, wëc</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>wëc</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Central Franconian</lang>
                        <orth>Wääch</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Hunsrik</lang>
                          <orth>Wegh</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Luxembourgish</lang>
                          <orth>Wee</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*weg</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>weg</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>wech</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Plautdietsch</lang>
                        <orth>Wajch</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*weg</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>weg</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>wech</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Low German</lang>
                        <orth>Weg</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Dutch Low Saxon</lang>
                          <orth>weg</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>German Low German</lang>
                          <orth>Weg</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>vegr</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>vegur</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>vegur</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>vegr</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian Nynorsk</lang>
                    <orth>veg</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                      <orth>veg</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>vegr</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Danish</lang>
                    <orth>wægh</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Danish</lang>
                      <orth>vej</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                      <orth>vei</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>vegr</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>vægher</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>väg</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Gothic</lang>
                  <orth>𐍅𐌹𐌲𐍃 (wigs)</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
            </list>
          </re>
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