wough

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*waigaz“wall, structure”
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*waig
3. Old English · inherited fromwāh
4. Middle English · inherited fromwough“wall”
5. English todaywough

From Middle English wough (“wall”), from Old English wāh, wāg, wǣg (“interior wall, separating structure”), from Proto-West Germanic *waig, from Proto-West Germanic *waig, from Proto-Germanic *waigaz (“wall, structure”). Cognate with Scots wauch, waw (“wall”).

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