wegge
See also: Wegge
Dutch
Etymology
Alternative form of wig. From Middle Dutch wegge.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɛ.ɣə/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: weg‧ge
Noun
wegge f (plural weggen, diminutive weggetje n)
- wedge
- a wedge-shaped object, like a bread
- wheat bread, often a special type of bread, with great regional differences in meaning
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English wecg, from Proto-Germanic *wagjaz; cognate with Old High German weggi, Old Norse veggr, Dutch wig, German Weck, Lithuanian vagis, perhaps Latin vagina and Old English wecgan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wɛdʒ/
Noun
wegge (plural wegges)
- wedge
Descendants
- English: wedge
- Scots: weg, wegge, wadge, waige
See also
- wecgan: to move, agitate, drive hither and thither
- vagina: vulva, (Latin:) sheath, scabbard