Where does “וויגן” come from?

וויגן (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German wigen, from German wiege, from Middle High German wige, from Old High German wīga.

וויגן (Yiddish): to swing, as though in a cradle; to rock back and...

Definitions

  1. to swing, as though in a cradle; to rock back and...

Ancestry of “וויגן”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanwigen—
2Germanwiegeinflection of wiegen: ## first-person singular...
3Middle High Germanwigecradle
4Old High Germanwīga—

Words derived from “וויגן”

Every word from Old High German wīga →Every word from Middle High German wige →Every word from German wiege →