Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wāgu

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 *wēgō.

Noun

*wāgu f

scales
weight

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wāgu
Genitive	*wāgā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wāgu	*wāgō
Accusative	*wāgā	*wāgā
Genitive	*wāgā	*wāgō
Dative	*wāgē	*wāgōm
Instrumental	*wāgu	*wāgōm

Descendants

Old English: wǣġ
- Middle English: wei, weie
  - English: wey
Old Saxon: wāga
- Middle Low German: wâge
Old Dutch: wāga
- Middle Dutch: wâge
  - Dutch: waag
Old High German: wāga
- Middle High German: wāge
  - German: Waage
  - Luxembourgish: Wo
  - Yiddish: וואָג‎‎ (vog‎)
  - → Czech: váhy, (váha)
  - → Polish: waga
    - → Russian: ва́га (vága)
    - → Ukrainian: ва́га (váha)
    - → Belarusian: ва́гі (váhi)
  - → Serbo-Croatian: vaga
    - → Macedonian: ва́га (vága)
  - → Slovak: váhy, (váha)
  - → Slovene: vaga