vega

Etymology 1

From Spanish vega

Etymology 2

Perhaps chosen arbitrarily as a word beginning with "v" (for "volatility") that sounds as if it could be a Greek letter (like the related risk parameters "delta", "gamma" etc.)

Anagrams

• EVGA, gave

Noun

vega f (plural vegues)

1. meadow
2. romp in the open air

Etymology

From Old Norse vega (“to weigh”), from Proto-Germanic *weganą (“to carry, move, weigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰe-, *weǵʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛːɣa/

  Rhymes: -ɛːɣa

Verb

vega (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative vó, third-person plural past indicative vógu, supine vegið)

1. (with accusative) to weigh
2. (with accusative) to consider, to ponder, to weigh
3. (with accusative) to slay

   Hetjan vó drekann.

   The hero slew the dragon.

Alternative forms

• vege

Etymology

From Old Norse vega. Akin to English weigh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ʋeːɡɑ/

Verb

vega (present tense veg, past tense vog, past participle vege, present participle vegande, imperative veg)

1. to weigh (To determine the weight of an object)
2. to weigh (To have a certain weight)

References

• “vega” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *weganą (“to carry, move, weigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰe-, *weǵʰ-. Compare Old Saxon wegan, Old High German wegan, and Old English wegan, Old Frisian wega, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (wigan).

References

• vega in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology

From Old Spanish vayca, from Old Basque *bai-ko (“river plain, water meadow”); akin to Basque ibaiki (“riverbank”), from ibai (“river”).

Noun

vega f (plural vegas)

1. meadow
2. fertile lowland
3. grassy plain
4. valley (the fertile lowlands surrounding a river)
5. alluvial plain

See also

• Las Vegas
• Vega