Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wagn

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *wagnaz.

Noun edit

*wagn m

cart, wagon

Inflection edit

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wagn
Genitive	*wagnas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wagn	wagnō, wagnōs
Accusative	*wagn	*wagnā
Genitive	*wagnas	*wagnō
Dative	*wagnē	*wagnum
Instrumental	*wagnu	*wagnum

Descendants edit

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
    - → Lokono: wagen
    - → Sranan Tongo: wagi
      - → Aukan: wagi
      - → 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)