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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *wēgō</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
      </titleStmt>
      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-02"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_wēgō</idno>
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        <p>Single-entry extract from the dictionary. Cross-references to other entries point to their identifiers in the full dictionary.</p>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_wego" type="noun" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wēgō">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>wēgō</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈwɛː.ɣɔː</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᚹᛖᚷᛟ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>noun</pos>
            <gram type="gender">feminine</gram>
            <gram type="stem">ō-stem</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>scales</def>
          </sense>
          <sense n="2">
            <def>weight</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">From *weganą (‘to move, to carry’).</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom">
              <orth>wēgō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom">
              <orth>wēgôz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc">
              <orth>wēgǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc">
              <orth>wēgōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen">
              <orth>wēgōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen">
              <orth>wēgǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat">
              <orth>wēgōi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat">
              <orth>wēgōmaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr">
              <orth>wēgō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr">
              <orth>wēgōmiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #voc">
              <orth>wēgō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #voc">
              <orth>wēgôz</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
          <re type="descendants">
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              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*wāgu</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>wāga</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>wâge</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>waag</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*wāgu</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>wǣġ</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>wei, weie</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>English</lang>
                        <orth>wey</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*wāgu</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>wāga</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>wāge</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Czech</lang>
                        <orth>váhy, váha</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German</lang>
                        <orth>Waage</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Luxembourgish</lang>
                        <orth>Wo</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Slovak</lang>
                        <orth>váhy, váha</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Slovene</lang>
                        <orth>vaga</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Yiddish</lang>
                        <orth>וואָג (vog)</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*wāgu</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>wāga</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>wāge</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Old Polish</lang>
                        <orth>waga</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Silesian</lang>
                          <orth>wŏga</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*wāgu</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>wāga</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>wāge</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Old Polish</lang>
                        <orth>waga</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Polish</lang>
                          <orth>waga, wága</orth>
                          <form type="descendant">
                            <lang>Belarusian</lang>
                            <orth>ва́гі (váhi)</orth>
                          </form>
                          <form type="descendant">
                            <lang>Kashubian</lang>
                            <orth>wôga</orth>
                          </form>
                          <form type="descendant">
                            <lang>Russian</lang>
                            <orth>ва́га (vága)</orth>
                          </form>
                          <form type="descendant">
                            <lang>Slovincian</lang>
                            <orth>wogha</orth>
                          </form>
                          <form type="descendant">
                            <lang>Ukrainian</lang>
                            <orth>ва́га (váha)</orth>
                          </form>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*wāgu</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>wāga</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>wāge</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Serbo-Croatian</lang>
                        <orth>vaga</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Macedonian</lang>
                          <orth>ва́га (vága)</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*wāgu</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>wāga</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>wâge</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German Low German</lang>
                        <orth>Waag</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>vág</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>vog</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>vág</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian Nynorsk</lang>
                    <orth>våg</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Russenorsk</lang>
                      <orth>våga</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>vág</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Danish</lang>
                    <orth>wagh</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Danish</lang>
                      <orth>våg</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>vág</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>vāgh</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Finnish</lang>
                      <orth>vaaka</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>våg</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-Samic</lang>
                  <orth>*viekō</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-Finnic</lang>
                  <orth>*väkä</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
            </list>
          </re>
        </entry>
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