Words that come from Proto-West Germanic “weg”

365 words across 30 languages descend from Proto-West Germanic weg — including way, always, anyway, railway, Way, doorway, hallway, woe.

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English (212)

Dutch (58)

German (33)

Old English (11)

Middle English (10)

Italian (5)

Japanese (5)

Czech (3)

Afrikaans (2)

Russian (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Spanish (2)

Low German (1)

Old High German (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Armenian (1)

Veps (1)

Yiddish (1)

Basque (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Telugu (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Pennsylvania German (1)

Cimbrian (1)

Hindi (1)

Romanian (1)

Portuguese (1)

Middle High German (1)