vega

See also Vega

English

Etymology

Perhaps chosen arbitrarily as a word beginning with "v" (for "volatility") that sounds as if it could be a Greek letter (like the related risk parameters "delta", "gamma" etc.)

Noun

vega (plural vegas)

1. (finance) A measurement of the sensitivity of the value of an option to changes in the implied volatility of the price of the underlying product.

Anagrams

• gave

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vega (“to weigh”), from Proto-Germanic *weganą (“to carry, move, weigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰe-, *weǵʰ-.

Verb

vega (+ accusative) (vó - vógu - vegið)

1. to weigh
2. to consider, to ponder, to weigh+
3. to slay

   Hetjan vó drekann.

   The hero slew the dragon.

Derived terms

• vega þungt (to carry a lot of weight)
• vega upp á móti (to counterbalance something, to compensate for something)
• vega salt
• vega sig upp (to pull oneself up)

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Old Norse

Etymology 1

Noun

vega

1. Plural form of vegr, ‘ways’
2. (poetic) earth

   Hvé sú jǫrð heitir, / er liggr fyr alda sonum / heimi hverjum í?

   [...] Jǫrð heitir með mǫnnum, / en með Ásum fold, / kalla vega Vanir. — verses 9 and 10 of the Alvíssmál

   How is the earth named, / that which lies before the sons of men, / in each of the worlds?

   [...] "Earth" it is named among men, / but among the Æsir "Field", / the Vanir call it "Ways".

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *weganą (“to carry, move, weigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰe-, *weǵʰ-. Compare Old Saxon, Old High German, and Old English wegan, Old Frisian wega, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (wigan).

Verb

vega

1. to weigh

Descendants

• Danish: veje
• Faroese: viga
• Icelandic: vega
• Norwegian: veie
• Swedish: väga

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish vayca, from Old Basque *bai-ko ‘river plain, water meadow’; akin to Basque ibaiki (“riverbank”), from ibai (“river”).

Noun

vega f (plural vegas)

1. meadow
2. fertile lowland
3. grassy plain
4. valley (the fertile lowlands surrounding a river)
5. alluvial plain

See also

• Las Vegas
• Vega