Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/weg

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 *wegaz.

Noun edit

*weg m[1]

  1. way, road

Inflection edit

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *weg
Genitive *wegas
Singular Plural
Nominative *weg *wegō, *wegōs
Accusative *weg *wegā
Genitive *wegas *wegō
Dative *wegē *wegum
Instrumental *wegu *wegum

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Old English: weġ
  • 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
  • Old High German: weg, wec
    • Middle High German: wec

References edit

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 212: “PWGmc *weg”