Where does “Wajch” come from?

Wajch (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German wech, from Middle Low German weg, from Old Saxon weg, from Proto-West Germanic weg, from Proto-Germanic wēgaz, from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- — to bring; to transport.

Wajch (Plautdietsch): way, road, highway

Definitions

  1. way, road, highway

Ancestry of “Wajch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanwech—
2Middle Low Germanwegway
3Old Saxonwegway; path; road
4Proto-West Germanicwegway, road
5Proto-Germanicwēgazwave; sea
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport

Words derived from “Wajch”

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