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”).^[1]

Villanueva Svensson, while maintaining the root etymology, derives this noun more directly from an e-grade *-az adjective meaning "ridden (on)".^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwe.ɣɑz/

Noun

*wegaz m

way
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)

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*wega-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 577
^ Villanueva Svensson, Miguel (2021), “The origin of the Indo-European simple thematic presents: The nominal connection”, in Indo-European Linguistics, volume 9, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 264–292

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*wega-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 577

[2] Villanueva Svensson, Miguel (2021), “The origin of the Indo-European simple thematic presents: The nominal connection”, in Indo-European Linguistics, volume 9, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 264–292

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