Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wāg

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wēgaz.

Noun

*wāg m

1. wave

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wāg
Genitive	*wāgas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wāg	*wāgō, *wāgōs
Accusative	*wāg	*wāgā
Genitive	*wāgas	*wāgō
Dative	*wāgē	*wāgum
Instrumental	*wāgu	*wāgum

Descendants

• Old English: wǣġ
  • Middle English: waghe, wawe
    • English: waw
    • Scots: waw
• Old Frisian: weg
  • North Frisian: weage, waag
• Old Saxon: wāg
  • Middle Low German: wāch m (rare); wāge f (possibly merged with ?*wagō)
    • → Middle High German: wāge (northern)
      • German: Woge
  • → Old Swedish: vāgh
    • Swedish: våg
  • → Danish: vove
  • → Smalandian: våj
  • → Helsingian: våga
• Old Dutch: *wāg
  • Middle Dutch: wâech m (rare); wāge f (possibly merged with ?*wagō)
    • Dutch: waag f
• German: wāg
  • → Middle High German: wāc