wæg
Old English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *wāg (“wave”). Cognate with Old Norse vágr (“sea”), Swedish våg (“wave”), German Woge (“wave”).[1]
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editNoun
editwǣġ m (nominative plural wǣgas)
Declension
editDeclension of wǣġ (strong a-stem)
Synonyms
edit- (wave): ȳþ (the normal prose term)
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editPossibly from Proto-Germanic *wajjuz.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editwǣġ m
Etymology 3
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *wāgu (“scales; weight”).
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editNoun
editwǣġ f
Declension
editDeclension of wǣġ (strong ō-stem)
Descendants
editEtymology 4
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editwæġ
Etymology 5
editFrom Proto-Germanic *wegaz.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editwæġ m
Declension
editDeclension of wæġ (strong a-stem)
References
edit- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “wæg”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
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- Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weǵʰ-