vágr
Old Norse
noun
Definitions
- ocean, sea
- inlet, bay
Etymology
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
- Waage German
- Waagschale German
- Wasserwaage German
- waagerecht German
- vague French
- *weǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- våg Norwegian Bokmål
- vågehval Norwegian Bokmål
- vaga Portuguese
- *wagōną Proto-Germanic
- *weganą Proto-Germanic
- *wēgaz Proto-Germanic
- våg Swedish
- våg Norwegian Nynorsk
- vågekval Norwegian Nynorsk
- wæg Old English
- wǣġ Old English
- våg Danish
- vague Old French
- wage Old French
- vaga Serbo-Croatian
- вага Serbo-Croatian
- Kópavogur Icelandic
- Waage Icelandic
- vogur Icelandic
- vaga Galician
- vágur Faroese
- wāge Middle High German
- 𐍅𐌴𐌲𐍃 Gothic
- *wāg gmw-pro
- vagh, vāgh Old Swedish
- vog Westrobothnian
- voges Westrobothnian
- vogmor Westrobothnian
- vaga Slovene
- wagh Old Danish
- waag North Frisian