*wēgaz

Runic: ᚹᛖᚷᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈwɛː.ɣɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

From Proto-Indo-European *weǵhe- (‘to drag, carry’), from *weǵʰ- (‘to transport, bring’). See also *weganą (‘to move’).

*wāg (Proto-West Germanic)
- *wāg (Old Dutch)
  - wâech, wāge (Middle Dutch)
    - waag (Dutch)
*wāg (Proto-West Germanic)
- wǣġ (Old English)
  - waghe, wawe (Middle English)
    - waw (English)
    - waw (Scots)
*wāg (Proto-West Germanic)
- weg (Old Frisian)
  - ? (North Frisian)
  - weach (West Frisian)
*wāg (Proto-West Germanic)
- wāg (Old High German)
  - wāc (Middle High German)
*wāg (Proto-West Germanic)
- wāg (Old Saxon)
  - vove (Danish)
    - ? (Helsingian)
      - ? (Smalandian)
*wāg (Proto-West Germanic)
- wāg (Old Saxon)
  - wāch, wāge (Middle Low German)
    - wāge (Middle High German)
      - Woge (German)
*wāg (Proto-West Germanic)
- wāg (Old Saxon)
  - vāgh (Old Swedish)
    - våg (Swedish)
*ᚹᚨᚷᚨᛉ (*wagaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
- *vaagas (Proto-Finnic)
*ᚹᚨᚷᚨᛉ (*wagaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
- vágr (Old Norse)
  - våg (Danish)
  - vágur, vág (Faroese)
  - vogur (Icelandic)
  - våg (Norwegian Bokmål)
  - våg (Norwegian Nynorsk)
*ᚹᚨᚷᚨᛉ (*wagaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
- vágr (Old Norse)
  - vague (Old French)
    - ? (Middle French)
      - vague (French)
*ᚹᚨᚷᚨᛉ (*wagaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
- vágr (Old Norse)
  - vāgher (Old Swedish)
    - våg (Swedish)
𐍅𐌴𐌲𐍃 (wēgs) (Gothic)