wawe
Middle English
/waɣ/, /wau̯/
noun
Definitions
- A wave moving zone of water or other flowing substance, undulation
- Any sort of flowing or spurting motion.
- (usually in the plural) The ocean; a large body of water.
- (figurative) A force of change or disruption.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English wǣġ (scale, a weight, a tool for weighing, balance) inherited from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz (wave, storm, motion, water in motion).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wēgaz
Gloss
wave, storm, motion, water in motion
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
嵐
Emoji
👋 🌊 🏄️ 👋
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Rockwall English
- Stonewall English
- Wallsend English
- airwall English
- cobwall English
- curtainwall English
- drywall English
- enwall English
- eyewall English
- firewall English
- floodwall English
- footwall English
- forewall English
- forwall English
- groundwall English
- headwall English
- highwall English
- interwall English
- inwall English
- ladder wall English
- longwall English
- midwall English
- mudwall English
- multiwall English
- nanowall English
- outwall English
- passwall English
- paywall English
- pushwall English
- seawall English
- shear wall English
- shearwall English
- shortwall English
- sidewall English
- stonewall English
- storagewall English
- streetwall English
- tsunami wall English
- unwall English
- wall English
- wall crawler English
- wall plate English
- wall rocket English
- wall-crawler English
- wallball English
- wallbird English
- wallboard English
- wallbox English
- wallchart English
- wallcovering English
- wallcrawl English
- wallcrawler English
- wallcrawling English
- wallcreeper English
- wallcrossing English
- waller English
- wallfish English
- wallflower English
- wallhack English
- wallhacker English
- wallhacking English
- wallhanging English
- wallless English
- walllike English
- wallpaper English
- wallpepper English
- wallpress English
- wallscape English
- wallscreen English
- wallside English
- walltop English
- wallure English
- wallward English
- warped wall English
- waterwall English
- wawe English
- whitewall English
- *weǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *wagōną Proto-Germanic
- *weganą Proto-Germanic
- *wēgaz Proto-Germanic
- *wēgō Proto-Germanic
- wæg Old English
- wægholm Old English
- wǣġ Old English
- wall Middle English
- wawy Middle English
- weie Middle English
- wey Middle English
- vágr Old Norse
- 𐍅𐌴𐌲𐍃 Gothic
- *wāg gmw-pro
- *wāgu gmw-pro
- waag North Frisian