FromMiddle High Germanwegen, fromOld High Germanwegan, fromProto-West Germanic*wegan(“to move, carry; to weigh”). Cognate withGermanwiegen (expected form*wegen retained in derived verbs such asbewegen),Englishweigh.
béegan (strong class 3,past participlegabéeghet)
- (Sette Comuni) toweigh
De zünte anlòan khèmment netgabéeghet.- Only sins are notweighed.
- “béegan” inMartalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974),Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo