wag
Afrikaans
/vaχ/
noun
Definitions
- guard
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish wacht (guard, watch, sentry, a watch) inherited from Middle Dutch wachte derived from Old Dutch wahta (guard, sentry, watch) derived from Proto-Germanic *wahtwō (watch, guard, vigil, earth, mud).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wahtwō
Gloss
watch, guard, vigil, earth, mud
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
泥
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- buitenwacht Dutch, Flemish
- dijkwacht Dutch, Flemish
- hondenwacht Dutch, Flemish
- kustwacht Dutch, Flemish
- lijfwacht Dutch, Flemish
- nachtwacht Dutch, Flemish
- platvoetwacht Dutch, Flemish
- rijkswacht Dutch, Flemish
- schildwacht Dutch, Flemish
- sterrenwacht Dutch, Flemish
- strandwacht Dutch, Flemish
- torenwacht Dutch, Flemish
- wacht Dutch, Flemish
- wachten Dutch, Flemish
- wachthuisje Dutch, Flemish
- wachtpost Dutch, Flemish
- wachttoren Dutch, Flemish
- wachtvolk Dutch, Flemish
- *weǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *wahtwō Proto-Germanic
- sekilwak Indonesian
- wachte Middle Dutch
- wachten Middle Dutch
- wahta Old High German
- wahtari Old High German
- skild Afrikaans
- skildwag Afrikaans
- toring Afrikaans
- wagtoring Afrikaans
- 𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍅𐍉𐌼 Gothic
- *wahtu gmw-pro
- wahta Old Dutch
- wacht Middle Low German
- wachten Middle Low German
- wachter Middle Low German
- wechter Middle Low German
- wahta Old Saxon
- *wahta, *wahtu Frankish
- *wahtwēn, *wahtōn Frankish
- agoaitar Old Occitan
- wahtari lng