wagen

Dutch (Brabantic)

/ˈʋaːɣə(n)/

noun
Definitions
  • wagon, carriage
  • (mainly the diminutive) cart
  • automobile, car, van
  • sled, moving platform on wheels or rails a heavy machine etc. is mounted on
  • (metonymy) A load filling one of the above vehicles

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch wagen inherited from Old Dutch wagan inherited from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz (wagon, cart) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *woǵʰnos (primitive carriage, wagon), *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

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