wegge
Middle English
/wɛdʒ/
noun
Definitions
- wedge
Etymology
Inherited from Old English wecg (wedge) inherited from Proto-Germanic *wagjaz (wedge).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wagjaz
Gloss
wedge
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- crosswedge English
- multiwedge English
- nanowedge English
- weck English
- wedge English
- wedge-writing English
- wedgeable English
- wedgebill English
- wedgefish English
- wedgelike English
- wedger English
- wedgetail English
- wedgewise English
- wedgie English
- wedgitude English
- wedgy English
- Weck German
- einwecken German
- wig Dutch, Flemish
- wigschrift Dutch, Flemish
- *weǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- vegg Norwegian Bokmål
- *wagjaz Proto-Germanic
- *wajjuz Proto-Germanic
- vegg Norwegian Nynorsk
- wecg Old English
- veggr Old Norse
- væg Danish
- veggur Icelandic
- wecki Old High German
- wig Afrikaans
- veggur Faroese
- wecke Middle High German
- Spaweck Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *vakja Proto-Finnic
- væg Old Swedish
- wägg Westrobothnian
- vægg Scanian