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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wegaz.

Noun

*weg m

1. way, road

Inflection

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

• *wegōn

Descendants

• Old English: weġ
  • Middle English: wæi, wei, wai, wey, way
    • Scots: wey
    • English: way
• 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
  • Middle Dutch: wech
    • Dutch: weg
      • Afrikaans: weg
    • Limburgish: waeg
• Old High German: weg, wec
  • Middle High German: wec
    • 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)