English

logway

From log + way.

A compound of log + way

Middle English logge ‘large long stick’

English log

Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- ‘to bring’

Proto-Germanic *wegaz

Proto-West Germanic *weg ‘way’

Old English weġ

Middle English way

English way

Today it means

noun An engineered route for transporting logs over a dam.

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