Proto-Germanic: *wī́xan-/*wīgán-, *wíxan-; *wig=; *wáixjō; *wīgá- m., n., *waigṓn-, *waigrá-, *waigṓ, etc.
Meaning: battle, fight
Gothic: wīhan st. `dispute; fight', and-wīhan `conflict with'; *waihjō f. (n) `battle' (cf. Finn vaikia `troublesome')
Old Norse: vega st. `kämpfen; töten, rächen; gewinnen', vīg n. `Kampf; Totschlag', vega `strijden, doden'; veig f. `Kraft'
Norwegian: veiga `schwingen'; vig
Old Danish: veie vb.
Old English: wīgan `kämpfen, streiten', wǟgan `belästigen, quälen', ge-wegan `überwinden'
Old Frisian: wīg, wīch m. `Kampf', weigeria vb.
Old Saxon: wīg m. `Kampf', wēgian `belästigen, quälen', wīgand
Middle Dutch: weigher, wēgher `halsstarrig, gehecht aan, zuinig'; wīghen `vechten'; wijch `strijd'
Dutch: weigeren; vlam. weiger, wēger `overdreven spaarzam'
Middle Low German: wīch `Kampf'
Old High German: wīgan `kämpfen, streiten', ubar-wehan `überwinden'; wīc m. `Kampf', weigen `belästigen, quälen', weigar `sich widersetzend, stolz'
Middle High German: wīgen st. 'streiten, kämpfen', wider wehen st. 'kämpfen, sich widersetzen'; { anwīgen `angreifen' }; wīc (-g-) st. m., n. 'kampf, krieg, schlacht; anfechtung'; weiger st. f. 'das widerstreben'
