An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/wagen

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Wagner

An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, W
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

wagen

wägen

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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry wagen.

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2519482An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, W — wagenJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

wagen, verb, ‘to venture, risk,’ fro Middle High German wâgen, weak verb, ‘to hazard, venture,’ literally ‘to put in the scales’ Middle High German wâge, feminine, ‘balance,’ also means ‘uncertain result’; the word is unknown to Modern High German in this sense.