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”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwe.ɣɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*weganą

to move, to carry
to weigh

Inflection

Conjugation of *weganą (strong class 5)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
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

Related terms

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))

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*wegan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 577-8

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*wegan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 577-8

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