Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/weganą

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 Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti, from *weǵʰ- (“to convey, transport”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwe.ɣɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*weganą

1. to move, to carry
2. to weigh

Inflection

Conjugation of *weganą (strong class 5)

	active voice				passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative		indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*wegō	*wegaų	—		*wegai	?
2nd singular	*wigizi	*wegaiz	*weg		*wegazai	*wegaizau
3rd singular	*wigidi	*wegai	*wegadau		*wegadai	*wegaidau
1st dual	*wegōz	*wegaiw	—		—	—
2nd dual	*wegadiz	*wegaidiz	*wegadiz		—	—
1st plural	*wegamaz	*wegaim	—		*wegandai	*wegaindau
2nd plural	*wigid	*wegaid	*wigid		*wegandai	*wegaindau
3rd plural	*wegandi	*wegain	*wegandau		*wegandai	*wegaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*wag	*wēgį̄
2nd singular	*waht	*wēgīz
3rd singular	*wag	*wēgī
1st dual	*wēgū	*wēgīw
2nd dual	*wēgudiz	*wēgīdiz
1st plural	*wēgum	*wēgīm
2nd plural	*wēgud	*wēgīd
3rd plural	*wēgun	*wēgīn
	present	past
participles	*wegandz	*weganaz

Derived terms

• *wagjaną
• *wegaz
• *wihtiz
• *wōgiz

Related terms

• *wagōną
• *wēgō
• *wagǭ
• *wakkōną
• *wagnaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *wegan
  • Old English: wegan
    • Middle English: weien, weȝen, weghen
      • English: weigh
      • Scots: wey, wee
  • Old Frisian: wega, waga
    • Saterland Frisian: weege
    • West Frisian: weage, wage
  • Old Saxon: wegan
    • Middle Low German: wegen, wēgen, weigen
      • German Low German: wegen
  • Old Dutch: *wegan
    • Middle Dutch: wēgen
      • Dutch: wegen (see there for further descendants)
      • Limburgish: waege
  • Old High German: wegan
    • Middle High German: wegen; wigen (north-western, from present singular)
      • Alemannic German: weigge
      • Cimbrian: béegan
      • German: wiegen, wägen
      • Luxembourgish: weien
• Old Norse: vega
  • Icelandic: vega
  • Faroese: viga
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vega; (dialectal) vågå, vaga
    • >? Russenorsk: vegom
  • Old Swedish: vægha
    • Swedish: väga
  • Old Danish: wæghæ
    • Danish: veje
      • Norwegian Bokmål: veie
• Gothic: *𐍅𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (*wigan) (attested in prefixed variant 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (gawigan))