Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wagnaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wóǵʰnos, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to transport”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑɣ.nɑz/

Noun

*wagnaz m

1. cart, wagon

Inflection

Declension of *wagnaz (masculine a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*wagnaz	*wagnōz, *wagnōs
vocative	*wagn	*wagnōz, *wagnōs
accusative	*wagną	*wagnanz
genitive	*wagnas, *wagnis	*wagnǫ̂
dative	*wagnai	*wagnamaz
instrumental	*wagnō	*wagnamiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *wagn
  • Old English: wæġn, wæġen, wǣn
    • Middle English: wayn, wain, wein, weyne, weine, wayne, wayen, wene, wen, waȝȝn, waynne, wane
      • English: wain
      • Scots: wain, wayn, wane
  • Old Frisian: wain, wein
    • North Frisian: wajen
    • Saterland Frisian: Woain
    • West Frisian: wein
  • Old Saxon: wagan
    • Middle Low German: wagen
      • Low German: Wagen
  • Old Dutch: *wagan
    • Middle Dutch: wagen
      • Dutch: wagen
        • Afrikaans: wa
        • Jersey Dutch: wâxe
        • → Asturian: guaḥe^?
        • → Lokono: wagen
        • → Sranan Tongo: wagi
          • → Aukan: wagi
          • → Dutch: waggie
          • → Caribbean Javanese: wagé
          • → Saramaccan: wági
      • Limburgish: wage
  • Old High German: wagan
    • Middle High German: wagen
      • German: Wagen
      • Central Franconian: Woon
        • Hunsrik: Waan
        • Luxembourgish: Won
      • Bavarian:
        • Cimbrian: baago
      • Yiddish: וואָגן (vogn)
• Old Norse: vagn
  • Faroese: vagnur
  • Icelandic: vagn
  • Norwegian: vogn
  • Old Swedish: vaghn
    • Swedish: vagn
      • → Finnish: vaunu
  • Danish: vogn
    • → Faroese: vognur
• Crimean Gothic: waghen
• →? Proto-Finnic: *vatnas (see there for further descendants)