Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wagn

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wagnaz.

Noun

*wagn m

1. cart, wagon

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wagn
Genitive	*wagnas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wagn	*wagnō, *wagnōs
Accusative	*wagn	*wagnā
Genitive	*wagnas	*wagnō
Dative	*wagnē	*wagnum
Instrumental	*wagnu	*wagnum

Descendants

• Old English: wæġn, wæġen, wǣn
  • Middle English: wayn, wain, wein, weyne, weine, wayne, wayen, wene, wen, waȝȝn, waynne, wane
    • English: wain
    • Scots: wain, wayn, wane
• Old Frisian: wain, wein
  • North Frisian: wajen
  • Saterland Frisian: Woain
  • West Frisian: wein
• Old Saxon: wagan
  • Middle Low German: wagen
    • Low German: Wagen
• Old Dutch: *wagan
  • Middle Dutch: wagen
    • Dutch: wagen
      • Afrikaans: wa
      • Jersey Dutch: wâxe
      • → Lokono: wagen
      • → Sranan Tongo: wagi
        • → Aukan: wagi
        • → Dutch: waggie
        • → Caribbean Javanese: wagé
        • → Saramaccan: wági
    • Limburgish: wage
• Old High German: wagan
  • Middle High German: wagen
    • German: Wagen
    • Central Franconian: Woon
      • Hunsrik: Waan
      • Luxembourgish: Won
    • Bavarian:
      • Cimbrian: baago
    • Yiddish: וואָגן (vogn)