Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wahtu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wahtwō.

Noun

*wahtu f

watch, vigil

Inflection

wō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wahtu
Genitive	*wahtwā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wahtu	*wahtwō
Accusative	*wahtwā	*wahtwā
Genitive	*wahtwā	*wahtwō
Dative	*wahtwē	wahtwōm, wahtum
Instrumental	*wahtu	wahtwōm, wahtum

Derived terms

*wahtwēn

Descendants

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)
      - → Kildin Sami: ва̄ххта (vāxxta)
  - Luxembourgish: Wuecht
  - → Polish: wachta
- ⇒ Old High German: wahtāri (see there for further descendants)
→ Medieval Latin: wacta (see there for further descendants)