Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wegan

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 *weganą.

Verb

*wegan

1. to carry
2. to weigh

Inflection

Strong class 5
Infinitive	*wegan
1st sg. past	*wag
3rd pl. past	*wāgun
Past ptcple	*wegan
Infinitive	*wegan
Genitive infin.	*wegannjas
Dative infin.	*wegannjē
Instrum. infin.	*wegannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*wegu	*wag
2nd singular	*wigiʀi	*wāgī
3rd singular	*wigidi	*wag
1st plural	*wegum	*wāgum
2nd plural	*wigid	*wāgud
3rd plural	*wegand	*wāgun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*wegē	*wāgī
2nd singular	*wegēs	*wāgī
3rd singular	*wegē	*wāgī
1st plural	*wegēm	*wāgīm
2nd plural	*wegēþ	*wāgīd
3rd plural	*wegēn	*wāgīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*wig
Plural	*wigid
	Present	Past
Participle	*wegandī	*wegan

Descendants

• Old English: wegan
  • Middle English: weien, weȝen, weghen
    • English: weigh
    • Scots: wey, wee
• Old Frisian: wega, waga
  • Saterland Frisian: weege
  • West Frisian: weage, wage
• Old Saxon: wegan
  • Middle Low German: wegen, wēgen, weigen
    • German Low German: wegen
• Old Dutch: *wegan
  • Middle Dutch: wēgen
    • Dutch: wegen (see there for further descendants)
    • Limburgish: waege
• Old High German: wegan
  • Middle High German: wegen; wigen (north-western, from present singular)
    • Alemannic German: weigge
    • Cimbrian: béegan
    • German: wiegen, wägen
    • Luxembourgish: weien