Proto-West Germanic

*weg

‘way, road’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-West Germanic *weg.

5 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *weg, most familiar first.

• way ← weġ
• always ← alweyes ← alwey ← ealneġ ← weġ
• halfway ← halfwey ← healfweġ ← weġ
• headway ← hauedwei ← hēafodweġ ← weġ
• waybread ← weybrede ← weġbrǣde ← *wegabraidā

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *weg