Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To determine the weight of an object. · Often with "out", to measure a certain amount of something by its weight, e.g. for sale. · To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate. · To judge; to estimate.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe act of weighing, of measuring the weight
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti Proto-Germanic *weganą Proto-West Germanic *wegan Old English wegan Middle English weyen English weigh From Middle English weyen, from Old English wegan, from Proto-West Germanic *wegan, from Proto-Germanic *weganą (“to move, carry, weigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti, from *weǵʰ- (“to bring, transport”). Cognates Cognate with Scots wey, wee, Dutch wegen, German wiegen, wägen, Danish veje, Norwegian Bokmål veie, Norwegian Nynorsk vega. Doublet of wedge, wagon, way, and vector.
Relationships mentioned by the source
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- Inherited-form mentionweyenenm
- Inherited-form mentionweganang
- Inherited-form mention*wegangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*weganągem-pro
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- Cognate mentionweysco
- Cognate mentionwegennl
- Cognate mentionwiegende
- Cognate mentionvejeda
- Cognate mentionveienb
- Cognate mentionvegann
- Doublet mentionwedgeen
- Doublet mentionwagonen
- Doublet mentionwayen
- Doublet mentionvectoren
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