veje
Danish
[ˈʋɑjə]
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) weigh determine the weight of something
- (intransitive) to have a certain weight
- (intransitive) to have a certain mass
- (intransitive) to measure something out by weighing it
Etymology
Derived from Old Danish wæghæ derived from Old Norse vega (weigh, fight) derived from Proto-Germanic *weganą (move, carry, weigh, wiggle) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰe-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wéǵʰe-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aweigh English
- beweigh English
- checkweighman English
- counterweigh English
- downweigh English
- foreweigh English
- outweigh English
- overweigh English
- reweigh English
- weigh English
- weighable English
- weighage English
- weighbeam English
- weighbridge English
- weigher English
- weighest English
- weigheth English
- weighhouse English
- weighlock English
- weighman English
- weighmaster English
- Beweggrund German
- Bewegung German
- Wägeform German
- abwiegen German
- abwägen German
- aufwiegen German
- auswiegen German
- bewegen German
- beweglich German
- darwägen German
- erwägen German
- fortbewegen German
- herumbewegen German
- umherbewegen German
- verwiegen German
- vorwiegen German
- wiegen German
- wägen German
- überwiegen German
- *kowkos Proto-Indo-European
- *weǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *wéǵʰe- Proto-Indo-European
- *wéǵʰeti Proto-Indo-European
- vege Norwegian Bokmål
- veie Norwegian Bokmål
- *weganą Proto-Germanic
- *wegaz Proto-Germanic
- *wēgaz Proto-Germanic
- vega Norwegian Nynorsk
- weg Old English
- wegan Old English
- weġ Old English
- wicga Old English
- weghen Middle English
- vagn Old Norse
- vega Old Norse
- vegr Old Norse
- bagagevogn Danish
- barnevogn Danish
- bevæge Danish
- bevægelse Danish
- campingvogn Danish
- jernbanevogn Danish
- over Danish
- overveje Danish
- overvejelse Danish
- pølsevogn Danish
- sporvogn Danish
- togvogn Danish
- vogn Danish
- vega Icelandic
- weg Old High German
- wegan Old High German
- biwegen Middle High German
- wegen Middle High German
- weien Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍅𐌹𐌲𐍃 Gothic
- *weg gmw-pro
- *wegan gmw-pro
- *wegan Old Dutch
- weg Old Dutch
- weh Old Dutch
- overwegen Middle Low German
- weg Old Saxon
- wegan Old Saxon
- vægha Old Swedish
- wei Old Frisian
- wæghæ Old Danish