The story
- Proto-Indo-European*weǵʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*wéǵʰeti
- Proto-Germanic*weganą
- Proto-West Germanic*wegan
- Old Englishwegan
- Middle Englishweyen
- English todayweigh
From Middle English weyen, from Old English wegan, from Proto-West Germanic *wegan, from Proto-Germanic *weganą (“to move, carry, weigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti, from *weǵʰ- (“to bring, transport”). Cognates Cognate with Scots wey, wee, Dutch wegen, German wiegen, wägen, Danish veje, Norwegian Bokmål veie, Norwegian Nynorsk vega. Doublet of wedge, wagon, way, and vector.
Words from the same roots
Proto-Germanic*weganą all →
vogue
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.