Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wahtwō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

From *wakaną (“to wake, be awake”) +‎ *-þwō.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑxt.wɔː/

*wahtwō f

1. watch, vigil

• Proto-West Germanic: *wahtu
  • Old Frisian: *wacht
    • Saterland Frisian: Wacht
    • West Frisian: wacht
  • Old Saxon: wahta
    • Middle Low German: wachte, wacht
      • German Low German: Wacht
      • → Danish: vagt
      • → Norwegian: vakt
      • → Swedish: vakt
      • → Finnish: vahti
        • → Ingrian: vahti
  • Old Dutch: wahta
    • Middle Dutch: wachte
      • Dutch: wacht
  • Old High German: wahta
    • Middle High German: wahte
      • Alemannic German: Wacht
        • ⇒ Alemannic German: Biiwacht
          • → French: bivouac (see there for further descendants)
      • German: Wacht
        • → Russian: вахта (vaxta) (see there for further descendants)
      • Luxembourgish: Wuecht
      • → Polish: wachta
    • ⇒ Old High German: wahtāri (see there for further descendants)
  • → Medieval Latin: wacta (see there for further descendants)
• Gothic: *𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍅𐌰 (*wahtwa) (or *𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍅𐍉 (*wahtwō); only the dative plural 𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍅𐍉𐌼 (wahtwōm) is attested, which is ambiguous)