Where does “wāga” come from?

wāga (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic wēgǭ — weight.

wāga (Old High German): scales, balance; weight

Definitions

  1. scales, balance; weight

Ancestry of “wāga”, step by step

wāga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic wēgǭ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwēgǭweight

via Proto-West Germanic wāgu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicwāguscales; weight

Words derived from “wāga”

Every word from Proto-Germanic wēgǭ →