Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wakāną
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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. |
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *weǵ-. Equivalent to *wakaną (“to wake up”) + *-āną.
Verb
*wakāną[1]
- (intransitive) to wake, to be awake
Inflection
Conjugation of *wakāną (weak class 3)
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *wakēn
- Old Norse: vaka
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*wakēnan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 441/442