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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wakkjan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wakjaną.
Verb
*wakkjan[1]
- to wake, to awaken, to cause to wake up
Inflection
| Class 1 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *wakkjan | |
| 1st sg. past | *wakidā | |
| Infinitive | *wakkjan | |
| Genitive infin. | *wakkjannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *wakkjannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *wakkjannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *wakkju | *wakidā |
| 2nd singular | *wakisi | *wakidēs, *wakidōs |
| 3rd singular | *wakiþi | *wakidē, *wakidā |
| 1st plural | *wakkjum | *wakidum |
| 2nd plural | *wakiþ | *wakidud |
| 3rd plural | *wakkjanþ | *wakidun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *wakkjē | *wakidī |
| 2nd singular | *wakkjēs | *wakidī |
| 3rd singular | *wakkjē | *wakidī |
| 1st plural | *wakkjēm | *wakidīm |
| 2nd plural | *wakkjēþ | *wakidīd |
| 3rd plural | *wakkjēn | *wakidīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *waki | |
| Plural | *wakiþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *wakkjandī | *wakid |
Descendants
- Old English: wæċċan, weċċan
- Middle English: wecchen
- English: watch
- Middle English: wecchen
- Old Saxon: wekkian
- Middle Low German: wekken
- → Swedish: väcka
- → Danish: vække
- Middle Low German: wekken
- Old Dutch: *wecken
- Middle Dutch: wecken
- Dutch: wekken
- Afrikaans: wek
- Dutch: wekken
- Middle Dutch: wecken
- Old High German: wecchen
- German: wecken
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 51: “PWGmc *[wakʲkʲan]”