wegan

From Proto-West Germanic *wegan, from Proto-Germanic *weganą, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Cognate with Old Frisian wega, Old Saxon wegan, Dutch wegen, Old High German wegan (German bewegen), Old Norse vega (Swedish väga), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (gawigan). The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek ϝοχος (wokhos), ὄχος (ókhos, “vehicle”), Latin vehō (“carry”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈwe.ɡɑn/, [ˈwe.ɣɑn]

wegan

1. to carry, bear
2. to wear
3. to carry on, inflict
4. to weigh, consider
5. to feel (emotions)

• ġewegan
• ætwegan

• weċġan

• Middle English: weyen, way, weie, weien, weiȝe, weȝe, weye, weyin (Late Middle English)
  • English: weigh (with -gh from the past weigh)
  • Middle Scots: wey
    • Scots: wee, wey, weigh

From Proto-West Germanic *wegan, from Proto-Germanic *weganą.

wegan

1. to carry, bear
2. to wear
3. to weigh

• Middle Low German: wegen, wēgen, weigen
  • German Low German: wegen
  • Plautdietsch: wäajen