Old English · noun
wecg
Normalised weċġ
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /wejj/[wed͡ʒ]
- Syllables
- wejj (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- wedgemetal
Meaning
-
wedge
-
a mass of metal
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *wagi, from Proto-Germanic *wagjaz. Cognate with Old High German weggi, Lithuanian vagis, and perhaps Latin vāgīna.
Descendants
wedge
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