Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wegaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *weǵʰ-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwe.ɣɑz/

Noun

*wegaz m

way
path

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *wegaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wegaz	wegōz, wegōs
vocative	*weg	wegōz, wegōs
accusative	*wegą	*weganz
genitive	wegas, wigis	*wegǫ̂
dative	*wigai	*wegamaz
instrumental	*wegō	*wegamiz

Derived terms

*harjawegaz
*þeudawegaz

Descendants

Old English: weġ
- Middle English: wæi, wei, wai, wey, way
  - Scots: way
  - English: way
Old Frisian: wei
- North Frisian: wey
- Saterland Frisian: Wai
- West Frisian: wei
Old Saxon: weg
- Middle Low German: wech
  - Dutch Low Saxon: weg
  - German Low German: Weg
  - Plautdietsch: Wajch
Old Dutch: weg
- Middle Dutch: wech
  - Dutch: weg
  - Limburgish: waeg
Old High German: weg
- Middle High German: wec
  - Alemannic German: Wäg
  - Central Franconian: Wääch
  - Cimbrian: bèg, bege
  - German: Weg
  - Hunsrik: Wegh
  - Luxembourgish: Wee
  - Rhine Franconian:
    Pennsylvania German: Weg
  - Yiddish: וועג‎ (veg)
Old Norse: vegr
- Icelandic: vegur
- Faroese: vegur
- Norwegian:
  - Norwegian Bokmål: veg
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: veg
- Old Swedish: vægher
  - Swedish: väg
- Danish: vej
  - Norwegian Bokmål: vei
Gothic: 𐍅𐌹𐌲𐍃 (wigs)

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