wag

English

/wæɡ/

verb

Definitions

To swing from side to side, such as of an animal's tail, or someone's head, to express disagreement or disbelief.
(UK) To play truant from school.
(obsolete) To be in action or motion; to move; progress.
(obsolete) To go; to depart.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English waggen inherited from Old English wagian (totter, wave, sway, shake, move, undulate, wag, swing) derived from Old Norse vaga (fluctuate, sway, waddle, wag) inherited from Proto-Germanic *wagōną (sway, fluctuate, move, stir, wag).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*wagōną

Gloss

sway, fluctuate, move, stir, wag

Concept

Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Kingsway English
Shepway English
accessway English
airway English
aisleway English
alleyway English
alway English
anyway English
arborway English
archway English
areaway English
awag English
away English
backway English
barway English
beltway English
bewag English
beway English
bikeway English
bilgeway English
blueway English
branchway English
breezeway English
bridleway English
broadway English
busway English
cableway English
carpetway English
carriageway English
cartway English
cellarway English
churchway English
clearway English
colorway English
colourway English
companionway English
crawlerway English
crawlway English
crossway English
cruiseway English
cycleway English
doorway English
drainageway English
driftway English
driveway English
droveway English
ductway English
dugway English
edgeway English
entranceway English
entryway English
expressway English
fairway English
fallway English
finger English
finger-wag English
fishway English
fiveway English
flangeway English
floodway English
floorway English
flyway English
folkway English
foodway English
footway English
foreway English
forway English
fosseway English
freeway English
fuseway English
gangway English
gateway English
greenway English
guideway English
halfway English
hallway English
halter English
hatchway English
headway English
highway English
hoistway English
horseway English
iceway English
jetway English
keyway English
ladderway English
laneway English
launchway English
leeway English
lichway English
lifeway English
linkway English
logway English
manorway English
manway English
midway English
motorway English
multiway English
nerveway English
noway English
oilway English
one-way English
outway English
paceway English
packway English
parkway English
partway English
passageway English
passway English
pastie English
pathway English
plankway English
plateway English
porchway English
raceway English
railway English
rampway English
redway English
ridgeway English
ringway English
riverway English
roadway English
rollway English
ropeway English
routeway English
runway English
seaway English
sexway English
shaftway English
sheepway English
shipway English
shopway English
sideway English
skateway English
skidway English
skyway English
slideway English
slimeway English
slipway English
sluiceway English
someway English
someways English
spaceway English
speedway English
spillway English
stairway English
steamway English
steerageway English
sternway English
straightway English
streamway English
streetway English
subway English
swashway English
tail English
taxiway English
telpherway English
thoroughway English
thoughtway English
threeway English
throughway English
thruway English
tideway English
tollway English
trackway English
trainway English
tramway English
transitway English
travelway English
truckway English
tubeway English
tunnelway English
two-way English
underway English
unwayed English
vagus English
wag-halter English
waggable English
wagger English
waggery English
waggie English
waggish English
waggishly English
waggishness English
waggle English
waggler English
waggly English
waggy English
wagonway English
wagpastie English
wagsome English
wagster English
wagtail English
walkingway English
walkway English
wasteway English
waterway English
way English
way-wise English
waybill English
waybread English
wayed English
wayfare English
wayfarer English
wayfaring English
wayfinder English
wayfinding English
waygate English
waygoing English
waygone English
waylay English
wayleave English
wayless English
waymaker English
waymaking English
waymark English
waymarker English
waymaster English
wayobject English
waypoint English
waypost English
wayside English
waystage English
wayupthere English
waywarden English
wayworn English
windway English
wireway English
woodway English
zipway English
Venerivagus Latin
arenivagus Latin
circumvagus Latin
fluctivagus Latin
harenivagus Latin
ignivagus Latin
ludivagus Latin
lustrivagus Latin
montivagus Latin
multivagus Latin
mundivagus Latin
nemorivagus Latin
noctivagus Latin
nubivagus Latin
paludivagus Latin
pervagus Latin
pontivagus Latin
remivagus Latin
solivagus Latin
undivagus Latin
vagor Latin
vagus Latin
voco, vocō, vocāre Latin
vocāre Latin
vulgivagus Latin
gaio Italian
vago Italian
vague French
*weǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
vag Norwegian Bokmål
noctívago Portuguese
vago Portuguese
*wagōną Proto-Germanic
*wēgaz Proto-Germanic
ウェー Japanese
ウエイ Japanese
ウエー Japanese
vag Norwegian Nynorsk
vagga Norwegian Nynorsk
wagian Old English
waggen Middle English
wawen Middle English
way Middle English
vaga Old Norse
gai Old French
vague Catalan, Valencian
vague Middle French
wagen Middle Low German
wagon Old Saxon
wogon Old Saxon
wogōn Old Saxon
*wagos Proto-Italic
waw Scots
*gāhi Frankish
*wāhi Frankish
gai Old Occitan