Where does “wagon” come from?

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

Ancestry of “wagon”, step by step

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

Words derived from “wagon”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- →
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