DictionaryRoot: weg
Old English
weg
way, road, path
Forms
- weg
- way — English form after the final Old English consonant developed into a y sound.
Origin
Proto-Germanic *wegaz, ‘way,’ from reconstructed Proto-Indo-European *wegh-, ‘move; carry.’
Note
A path through space became a way of doing something.
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noun
waterway
WAW-ter-way/ˈwɔːtərweɪ/
A route through water used for travel by boats or ships.
Etymology
Water and way describe a course through water, with the earlier meaning “stream” becoming more specifically a passage for vessels. The word may continue an Old English compound whose meaning is uncertain.