Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wēgaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Noun

*wēgaz m

wave
sea

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *wēgaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wēgaz	wēgōz, wēgōs
vocative	*wēg	wēgōz, wēgōs
accusative	*wēgą	*wēganz
genitive	wēgas, wēgis	*wēgǫ̂
dative	*wēgai	*wēgamaz
instrumental	*wēgō	*wēgamiz

Synonyms

(wave): *unþī

Descendants

Old English: wǣġ
- Middle English: waghe, wawe; *wave (influenced by waven)
  - English: waw; wave
  - Scots: waw
Old Frisian: weg
- North Frisian: weage, waag
Old Saxon: wāg
- Middle Low German: wāch m (rare); wāge f (possibly merged with ?*wagō)
  - → Middle High German: wāge (northern)
    - German: Woge
- → Old Swedish: vāgh
  - Swedish: våg
- → Danish: vove
- → Smalandian: våj
- → Westrobothnian: vog
- → Helsingian: våga
Old Dutch: *wāg
- Middle Dutch: waech m (rare); wage f (possibly merged with ?*wagō)
  - Dutch: waag f
German: wāg
- Middle High German: wāc
Old Norse: vágr
- Icelandic: vogur
- Faroese: vágur, vág
- Norwegian Bokmål: våg
- Norwegian Nynorsk: våg
- Old Swedish: vāgher
- Danish: våg
- Angermannian: våg
- Helsingian: våg
- → French: vague
- Westrobothnian: vog
Gothic: 𐍅𐌴𐌲𐍃 (wēgs)

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