våg
Danish
/vɔːˀɣ/
noun
Definitions
- (archaic) wave
- (archaic) narrow inlet about conditions in Norway and on the Faroe Islands
Etymology
Inherited from Old Danish wagh (heavy sea) inherited from Old Norse vágr (sea, bay, wave, sea bay, inlet, creek, matter from a sore) inherited from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz (wave, storm, motion, water in motion).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wēgaz
Gloss
wave, storm, motion, water in motion
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
嵐
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- waw English
- wawation English
- Waage German
- boterwaag Dutch, Flemish
- waag Dutch, Flemish
- *weǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- våg Norwegian Bokmål
- *wagōną Proto-Germanic
- *weganą Proto-Germanic
- *wēgaz Proto-Germanic
- flodvåg Swedish
- kortvåg Swedish
- mikrovåg Swedish
- våg Swedish
- vågform Swedish
- vågfunktion Swedish
- våglängd Swedish
- vågmästare Swedish
- vågtal Swedish
- våg Norwegian Nynorsk
- wæg Old English
- wǣġ Old English
- wawen Middle English
- vágr Old Norse
- vague Old French
- wage Old French
- vogur Icelandic
- wâge Middle Dutch
- vágur Faroese
- 𐍅𐌴𐌲𐍃 Gothic
- *wāg gmw-pro
- vagh, vāgh Old Swedish
- vog Westrobothnian
- wagh Old Danish
- waag North Frisian