wake

wake · verb¹

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*wakāną
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*wakēn
3. Old English · inherited fromwacian
4. Middle English · inherited fromwakien
5. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*wakaną
6. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*wakan
7. Old English · inherited fromwacan
8. Middle English · inherited fromwaken
9. English todaywake

A merger of two verbs of related/similar form and meaning: * Middle English waken, Old English wacan, from Proto-West Germanic *wakan, from Proto-Germanic *wakaną. * Middle English wakien, Old English wacian, from Proto-West Germanic *wakēn, from Proto-Germanic *wakāną.

wake · noun²

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*wakō
2. Old English · inherited fromwacu
3. Middle English · inherited fromwake
4. English todaywake

From Middle English wake, from Old English wacu, from Proto-Germanic *wakō, related to the verb *wakjaną.

wake · noun³

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*wegʷ-“moist, wet”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*wakwō“wetness”
3. Old Norse · derived fromvǫk“a hole in the ice”
4. Middle Dutch · derived fromwake
5. English todaywake

Probably from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch wake, from or akin to Old Norse vǫk (“a hole in the ice”) ( > Danish våge, Icelandic vök), from Proto-Germanic *wakwō (“wetness”), from Proto-Indo-European *wegʷ- (“moist, wet”).

Wake · proper noun⁴

1. Old Norse · derived fromvakr“vigilant, wakeful”
2. English todayWake

English and Scottish surname from Old Norse vakr (“vigilant, wakeful”).

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