-weg

See also: weg, Weg, WEG, weg-, and węg.

Dutch

Etymology

From weg (“gone, away”). The first word of this type is verreweg, attested in late Middle Dutch verre wech (“by far”, literally “far away”). Other words were subsequently formed by analogy with verreweg, but lacked a clear semantic link to weg (“gone, away”), thus transforming -weg into a true (and still productive) derivational suffix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɛx/

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Suffix

-weg

1. -ly, -wise; forms adverbs from adjectives.

Derived terms

Dutch terms suffixed with -weg

Ojibwe

Medial

-weg

1. cloth, clothing
2. sheet-like (such as bark, cloth, paper, hide)

Derived terms

• bezhigweg — one piece of clothing; one cloth article
• dasweg — so many pieces of clothing; so many blankets; so many cloths

Related terms

• bashkwegin
• -eginw
• -wayaan
• -wekon

References

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/word-part/eg-medial