Etymology

waken

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Today it means: To wake or rouse from sleep. Full definition →

Middle English waknen ← Old English wæcnan ← Proto-Germanic *waknaną
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  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*waknaną
  2. Old English · inherited fromwæcnan
  3. Middle English · inherited fromwaknen
  4. English todaywaken

From Middle English waknen, from Old English wæcnan, from Proto-Germanic *waknaną.

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