wey

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*weǵʰ-“to move, bring, transport”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*wēgō“scales; weight”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*wāgu
4. Old English · inherited fromwǣġ“a weight; a tool for weighing, balance, scale”
5. Middle English · inherited fromweie
6. English todaywey

From Middle English weie, waie, weihe, wæȝe, from Old English wǣġ (“a weight; a tool for weighing, balance, scale”), from Proto-West Germanic *wāgu, from Proto-Germanic *wēgō (“scales; weight”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to move, bring, transport”). Cognate with German Waage (“weight”), Icelandic vág (“a weight”).

Words from the same roots