Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wagōną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to drag, carry”).

Verb

*wagōną

to move, stir, sway

Inflection

Conjugation of *wagōną (weak class 2)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*wagō	*wagǭ	—	*wagōi	?
2nd singular	*wagōsi	*wagōs	*wagō	*wagōsai	*wagōsau
3rd singular	*wagōþi	*wagō	*wagōþau	*wagōþai	*wagōþau
1st dual	*wagōs	*wagōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*wagōþiz	*wagōþiz	*wagōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*wagōmaz	*wagōm	—	*wagōnþai	*wagōnþau
2nd plural	*wagōþ	*wagōþ	*wagōþ	*wagōnþai	*wagōnþau
3rd plural	*wagōnþi	*wagōn	*wagōnþau	*wagōnþai	*wagōnþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*wagōdǭ	*wagōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*wagōdēz	*wagōdēdīz
3rd singular	*wagōdē	*wagōdēdī
1st dual	*wagōdēdū	*wagōdēdīw
2nd dual	*wagōdēdudiz	*wagōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*wagōdēdum	*wagōdēdīm
2nd plural	*wagōdēdud	*wagōdēdīd
3rd plural	*wagōdēdun	*wagōdēdīn

	present	past
participles	*wagōndz	*wagōdaz

Related terms

*weganą
*wēgaz (“wave, storm”)

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *wagōn
- Old English: wagian, wageġan
  - Middle English: wawen, wawyn, waȝien, waȝeȝen, wagien, wawien, wawie, wawi, wawe
    - English: waw
    - Scots: waw
  - Middle English: waggen
    - English: wag
- Old Saxon: wagōn
  - Middle Low German: wagen
    - German Low German: wagen
    - → Old Norse: vága
      - Faroese: vága
      - Norwegian: våge
    - → Old Swedish: vāgha
      - Swedish: våga
    - → Old Danish: waaghæ, wogæ, wowæ
      - Danish: vove
- Old Dutch: *wagon
  - Middle Dutch: wāgen
    - Dutch: wagen
    - Limburgish: wage
- Old High German: wagōn
  - Middle High German: wagen
    - German: wagen