weigh English · revision 13465

− It is [[inh|ang|wegan|t=to find the weight of, lift, carry, move]] (about 725, in Beowulf),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[m|gem-pro|*weganą]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) cognate with Dutch wegen, Old High German wegan, to move, weigh (German wiegen, and bewegen, to move), Old Norse vega and Gothic gawigan, to shake.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) It goes back to an Indo-European root meaning “to move, carry”, also in Latin vehere (see [[vehicle]]) and Sanskrit váhati, he carries.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Cresswell 2021) [[way]] is from the same root.^(Barnhart 1988)