Where does “wag” come from?

wag (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic wāg, from Proto-Germanic wēgaz, from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- — to bring; to transport.

wag (Old Saxon): wave

Definitions

  1. wave

Ancestry of “wag”, step by step

wag traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic wāg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicwāgwave
2Proto-Germanicwēgazwave; sea
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport

via Proto-Germanic *wāg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*wāg—

Words derived from “wag”

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