1. because of (Goes with Dative and Genitive, no matter what the books say. It is what it is.)
Opposite (closest): trotz
What's the correct case after the German preposition "wegen"? Books and courses say it's Genitive, but the people have a different opinion...
The core idea of the root was:
moving, going, transporting
This is still quite obvious in relatives like way, voyage or vehicle as well as the German der Weg (the way), weg (away) and bewegen (to move)
Here’s an incomplete list of English members of the family:
The German preposition wegen becomes clear once you think of it as “by way of”, which also expresses causality in a way.