Where does “wägen” come from?

wägen (German) comes 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.

wägen (German): to weigh something

Definitions

  1. to weigh something

Ancestry of “wägen”, step by step

wägen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German wāgen

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

via Middle High German wegen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanwegen—
2Old High Germanweganto move, carry, bear
3Proto-Germanicweganąto move, to carry; to weigh

Words derived from “wägen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wēgaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wāg →