Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wēgō

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

From *weganą (“to move, to carry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɛː.ɣɔː/

Noun

*wēgō f

1. scales
2. weight

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *wēgō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wēgō	*wēgôz
vocative	*wēgō	*wēgôz
accusative	*wēgǭ	*wēgōz
genitive	*wēgōz	*wēgǫ̂
dative	*wēgōi	*wēgōmaz
instrumental	*wēgō	*wēgōmiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *wāgu
  • Old English: wǣġ
    • Middle English: wei, weie
      • English: wey
  • Old Saxon: wāga
    • Middle Low German: wâge
  • Old Dutch: wāga
    • Middle Dutch: wâge
      • Dutch: waag
  • Old High German: wāga
    • Middle High German: wāge
      • German: Waage
      • Luxembourgish: Wo
      • Yiddish: וואָג (vog)
      • → Czech: váhy, váha
      • → Old Polish: waga
        • Polish: waga
          • → Kashubian: wôga
          • → Russian: ва́га (vága)
          • → Slovincian: wogha
          • → Ukrainian: ва́га (váha)
          • → Belarusian: ва́гі (váhi)
        • Silesian: wŏga
      • → Serbo-Croatian: vaga
        • → Macedonian: ва́га (vága)
      • → Slovak: váhy, váha
      • → Slovene: vaga
• Old Norse: vág
  • Icelandic: vog
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: våg
    • Russenorsk: våga
  • Old Swedish: vāgh
    • Swedish: våg
    • → Finnish: vaaka
• → Proto-Finnic: *väkä (see there for further descendants)