Where does “dugway” come from?

dugway (English) comes from English Way, from Middle English way, from Old English weġ, from Proto-West Germanic weg, from Proto-Germanic wēgaz, from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- — to bring; to transport.

dugway (English): A way or road dug through a hill, or sunk below...

Definitions

  1. A way or road dug through a hill, or sunk below...

Ancestry of “dugway”, step by step

dugway traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Way

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishWayChristianity
2Middle Englishway—
3Old Englishweġway; path; way, road, path
4Proto-West Germanicwegway, road
5Proto-Germanicwēgazwave; sea
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport

via English dug

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishdugsimple past tense and past participle of dig; A...
2Englishdugge—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wēgaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic weg →
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