Old English · noun
wægn
Normalised wæġn
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /wæjn/
- Syllables
- wæjn (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- wagonwainwaynecarriageconstellationplough
Meaning
-
wagon, carriage
-
the Plough constellation
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wagnaz. Cognate with Old Frisian wein, Old Saxon wagan, Old High German wagan, and Old Norse vagn. The Indo-European root is also the source of way and weigh.
Descendants
wain, wayne
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