From PIE *wegh- (to transport by vehicle) — same root as 'vehicle,' 'wagon,' and 'via,' all tied to wheels.
A road, path, or route for traveling along; also a method, style, or manner of doing something.
From Old English 'weg' (road, path, course of travel), from Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from PIE root *weǵʰ- meaning 'to go, to transport in a vehicle.' The same root produced Latin 'vehere' (to carry, to convey), the source of English 'vehicle,' 'convex,' and 'invective.' The word's semantic expansion from 'physical path' to 'method or manner' occurred