English
Váh
Váh comes from Slovak Váh, and goes back to Latin vagus ‘wandering, roaming’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvagus‘wandering, roaming’
- SlovakmodernVáh
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvagus‘wandering, roaming’
- SlovakmodernVáh
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Latin vagus ‘wandering, roaming’
Today it means
name Váh, a river in Slovakia
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin vagus / Váh