Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/weg

This Proto-West 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-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

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
- Middle High German: wec
  - Alemannic German: Wäg
  - Central Franconian: Wääch
  - Cimbrian: bèg, bege
  - German: Weg
  - Hunsrik: Wegh
  - Luxembourgish: Wee
  - Rhine Franconian:
    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”

[1] 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”