Words that come from Proto-Germanic wēgaz

400 words across 30 languages descend from Proto-Germanic wēgaz — including way, always, wave, waves, anyway, wage, railway, vague.

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English (347)

Swedish (7)

Dutch (5)

French (5)

Russian (4)

Faroese (3)

Turkish (3)

Middle French (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Polish (2)

Anglo-Norman (1)

West Frisian (1)

Low German (1)

Danish (1)

Latin (1)

Old High German (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Volapük (1)

North Frisian (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Galician (1)

Slovene (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Breton (1)

Italian (1)

Crimean Tatar (1)

Hungarian (1)

Bashkir (1)

Icelandic (1)