Where does “wāgen” come from?

wāgen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch wagon, from Proto-West Germanic *wagōn, from Proto-Germanic wagōną, from Proto-Germanic weganą, from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- — to bring; to transport.

wāgen (Middle Dutch): A wagon, cart

Definitions

  1. A wagon, cart

Ancestry of “wāgen”, step by step

wāgen traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Dutch wagon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchwagon—
2Proto-West Germanic*wagōn—
3Proto-Germanicwagōnąto move, stir, sway
4Proto-Germanicweganąto move, to carry; to weigh
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport

via Old Dutch wagan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchwagan—
2Proto-West Germanicwagncart, wagon
3Proto-Germanicwagnazcart, wagon
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwoǵʰnoswagon, primitive carriage

via Middle Dutch wâge

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchwâgeweight
2Old Dutchwāgaweight
3Proto-West Germanicwāguscales; weight

Words derived from “wāgen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic weganą →Every word from Proto-Germanic wagōną →