Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA wall.
From Middle English wough (“wall”), from Old English wāh, wāg, wǣg (“interior wall, separating structure”), from Proto-West Germanic *waig, from Proto-West Germanic *waig, from Proto-Germanic *waigaz (“wall, structure”). Cognate with Scots wauch, waw (“wall”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
{
"templates": [
{
"name": "inh",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "wough",
"t": "wall"
},
"expansion": "Middle English wough (“wall”)"
},
{
"name": "inh",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "wāh"
},
"expansion": "Old English wāh"
},
{
"name": "inh",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*waig"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *waig"
},
{
"name": "inh",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*waig"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *waig"
},
{
"name": "inh",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*waigaz",
"t": "wall, structure"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *waigaz (“wall, structure”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "wauch"
},
"expansion": "Scots wauch"
}
],
"links": [
[
"wough",
"wough#Middle_English"
],
[
"wāh",
"wah#Old_English"
],
[
"wāg",
"wag#Old_English"
],
[
"wǣg",
"wæg#Old_English"
],
[
"*waig",
"Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/waig"
],
[
"*waig",
"Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/waig"
],
[
"*waigaz",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/waigaz"
],
[
"wauch",
"wauch#Scots"
],
[
"waw",
"waw#Scots"
]
],
"references": [],
"descendants": [],
"lexical": [
{
"pos": "noun",
"glosses": [
"A wall."
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"dialectal",
"obsolete"
],
"recordId": "c4218317f15763eb60e4e949b82bf7f5d81f436f43abe10cabec1a169f5809aa",
"rawRecordSha256": "3de81b0b3c2a26b76450370c929357076d90b649c8cec5ad7175f5adc40f5434",
"sourceRecordOrdinal": 4060299
}
],
"omittedAuxiliaryFields": {
"templates": 0,
"links": 0,
"references": 0,
"descendants": 0,
"lexicalRecords": 0,
"lexicalSenses": 0,
"glosses": 0
}
}