The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*weǵʰ-“to carry; move; transport; ride”
- Proto-Germanic · inherited from*wigją
- Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*wigi
- Old English · inherited fromwiċġ
- Middle English · inherited fromwig
- English todaywidge
From Middle English wig, *wigge, from Old English wiċġ, from Proto-West Germanic *wigi, from Proto-Germanic *wigją, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to carry; move; transport; ride”).
Words from the same roots
Proto-Indo-European*weǵʰ- all →
wayviaweightwavevogueweywawvexation
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.