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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wegaz.
Noun
weg m[1]
- way, road
Inflection
| Masculine a-stem
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Singular
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*weg(a)
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| Genitive
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*wegas
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*weg(a)
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*wegōs
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| Accusative
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*weg(a)
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*wegā
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| Genitive
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*wegas
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*wegō
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| Dative
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*wegē
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*wegum
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| Instrumental
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*wegu
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*wegum
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Derived terms
Descendants
- Old English: weġ
- Old Frisian: wei
- North Frisian:
- Föhr-Amrum: wai
- Mooring: wäi
- Sylt: Wai
- Saterland Frisian: Wai
- West Frisian: wei
- Old Saxon: weg
- Middle Low German: wech
- Low German: Weg
- Dutch Low Saxon: weg
- German Low German: Weg
- Plautdietsch: Wajch
- Old Dutch: weg
- Old High German: wëg, wëc
- Middle High German: wëc
- Alemannic German: Wäg
- Bavarian:
- Cimbrian: bèg, bege (Luserna)
- Mòcheno: be
- Central Franconian: Wääch
- Luxembourgish: Wee (from dative and plural)
- Hunsrik: Wegh
- German: Weg
- Pennsylvania German: Weg
- Yiddish: וועג (veg)
References
- ^ 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”