Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wegaz

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

According to Kroonen, a nominal derivative from *weganą (“to move, carry”).

Villanueva Svensson, while maintaining the root etymology, derives this noun more directly from an e-grade *-az adjective meaning "ridden (on)".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwe.ɣɑz/

Noun

*wegaz m

1. way
2. path

Inflection

Declension of *wegaz (masculine a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*wegaz	*wegōz, *wegōs
vocative	*weg	*wegōz, *wegōs
accusative	*wegą	*weganz
genitive	*wegas, *wigis	*wegǫ̂
dative	*wegai	*wegamaz
instrumental	*wegō	*wegamiz

Derived terms

• *harjawegaz
• *þeudawegaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *weg
  • Old English: weġ
    • Middle English: wæi, wei, wai, wey, way
      • Scots: wey
      • English: way
  • Old Frisian: wei
    • North Frisian:

      Föhr-Amrum: wai

      Mooring: wäi

      Sylt: Wai

    • Saterland Frisian: Wai
    • West Frisian: wei
  • Old Saxon: weg
    • Middle Low German: wech
      • Low German: Weg
        • Dutch Low Saxon: weg
        • German Low German: Weg
      • Plautdietsch: Wajch
  • Old Dutch: weg
    • Middle Dutch: wech
      • Dutch: weg
        • Afrikaans: weg
      • Limburgish: waeg
  • Old High German: wëg, wëc
    • Middle High German: wëc
      • Alemannic German: Wäg
      • Bavarian:

        Cimbrian: bèg, bege (Luserna)

        Mòcheno: be

      • Central Franconian: Wääch
        • Luxembourgish: Wee (from dative and plural)
        • Hunsrik: Wegh
      • German: Weg
      • Pennsylvania German: Weg
      • Yiddish: וועג (veg)
• Old Norse: vegr
  • Icelandic: vegur m
  • Faroese: vegur m
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: veg m
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: veg m
  • Old Swedish: vægher
    • Swedish: väg c
  • Old Danish: wægh
    • Danish: vej c
    • Norwegian Bokmål: vei m
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌹𐌲𐍃 (wigs)