vague
French
noun
Definitions
- wave
Etymology
Inherited from Old French vague (movement on the surface of a liquid, ripple) derived from Old Norse vágr (sea, bay, wave, sea bay, inlet, creek, matter from a sore) derived from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz (wave, storm, motion, water in motion) derived from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (move, transport, carry, ride, drag, go, drive, bring, draw, pull).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*weǵʰ-
Gloss
move, transport, carry, ride, drag, go, drive, bring, draw, pull
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
行
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- vague English
- vagus English
- vector 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
- vector Latin
- vena Latin
- via Latin
- voco, vocō, vocāre Latin
- vomer Latin
- vulgivagus Latin
- Waage German
- gaio Italian
- vago Italian
- vogare Italian
- vaag Dutch, Flemish
- vaagtaal Dutch, Flemish
- wagen Dutch, Flemish
- vaguement French
- véhicule French
- ὄχεα Ancient Greek
- ὤγανον Ancient Greek
- *weyp- Proto-Indo-European
- *weǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *weǵʰnos Proto-Indo-European
- *woǵʰlos Proto-Indo-European
- *woǵʰnos Proto-Indo-European
- *wéǵʰeti Proto-Indo-European
- *wóǵʰos Proto-Indo-European
- vag Norwegian Bokmål
- våg Norwegian Bokmål
- noctívago Portuguese
- vaga Portuguese
- vago Portuguese
- *wagjaz Proto-Germanic
- *wagnaz Proto-Germanic
- *wagōną Proto-Germanic
- *weganą Proto-Germanic
- *wegaz Proto-Germanic
- *wigją Proto-Germanic
- *wihtiz Proto-Germanic
- *wēgaz Proto-Germanic
- *wēgō Proto-Germanic
- flodvåg Swedish
- kortvåg Swedish
- mikrovåg Swedish
- vag Swedish
- våg Swedish
- vågform Swedish
- vågfunktion Swedish
- våglängd Swedish
- vågmästare Swedish
- vågtal Swedish
- vag Norwegian Nynorsk
- våg Norwegian Nynorsk
- wæg Old English
- wǣġ Old English
- ओघ Sanskrit
- वहति Sanskrit
- hvernig Old Norse
- vágr Old Norse
- vag Danish
- *veslo Proto-Slavic
- *vesti Proto-Slavic
- *vezti Proto-Slavic
- *voziti Proto-Slavic
- *vozъ Proto-Slavic
- gai Old French
- vague Old French
- wage Old French
- vague Catalan, Valencian
- vogur Icelandic
- vaga Galician
- vag Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- bewegen Middle Dutch
- vágur Faroese
- vague Middle French
- 𐍅𐌴𐌲𐍃 Gothic
- *wāg gmw-pro
- *wextā Proto-Celtic
- *waȷ́ʰ- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *wáȷ́ʰati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- vagh, vāgh Old Swedish
- vog Westrobothnian
- *wagos Proto-Italic
- *weksloks Proto-Italic
- *gāhi Frankish
- *wāhi Frankish
- gai Old Occitan
- *wixe- Proto-Uralic
- wagh Old Danish
- waag North Frisian
- *gez Proto-Armenian