Where does “Kanonenwagen” come from?

Kanonenwagen (German) comes from German wägen, from Middle High German wāgen, from Middle High German wāge, from Middle Low German wāge, from Old Saxon wag, from Proto-West Germanic wāg, from Proto-Germanic wēgaz, from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- — to bring; to transport.

Kanonenwagen (German): a historic military vehicle carrying a gun (esp. a canon); a gun carriage

Definitions

  1. a historic military vehicle carrying a gun (esp. a canon); a gun carriage

Ancestry of “Kanonenwagen”, step by step

Kanonenwagen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German wägen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwägento weigh something
2Middle High Germanwāgen
3Middle High Germanwāgewave; scale
4Middle Low Germanwāgewave
5Old Saxonwagwave
6Proto-West Germanicwāgwave
7Proto-Germanicwēgazwave; sea
8Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport

via German Kanone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKanonecannon; gun
2Italiancannonecannon; ace; large tube or pipe
3Italiancannacane; barrel; rod
4LatincannaA reed, cane; Anything made of reed or cane;...
5Ancient Greekκάνναgiant reed; reed mat
6Akkadian𒄀reed; a certain unit of length
7Sumerian𒄀reed; a certain unit of length
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ-
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