Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wāg

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 *wēgaz.

Noun

*wāg m

wave

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wāg
Genitive	*wāgas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wāg	wāgō, wāgōs
Accusative	*wāg	*wāgā
Genitive	*wāgas	*wāgō
Dative	*wāgē	*wāgum
Instrumental	*wāgu	*wāgum

Descendants

Old English: wǣġ
- Middle English: waghe, wawe
  - English: waw
  - 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: wâech m (rare); wāge f (possibly merged with ?*wagō)
  - Dutch: waag f
German: wāg
- → Middle High German: wāc