vække
Danish
/vɛkə/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to wake up to cause someone to stop sleeping
- (transitive) to arouse, cause e.g. curiosity, interest, anger, laughter
- (transitive) to awaken spiritually or politically
Etymology
Inherited from Old Danish wække inherited from Old Norse vekja inherited from Proto-Germanic *wakjaną (awaken, wake up, wake).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wakjaną
Gloss
awaken, wake up, wake
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Tamagotchi English
- awatch English
- bewatch English
- binge-watch English
- deathwatch English
- deathwatch beetle English
- dogwatch English
- doomwatch English
- forewatch English
- night watch English
- nightwatch English
- outwatch English
- overwatch English
- rewatch English
- scoutwatch English
- skywatch English
- smartwatch English
- stopwatch English
- unwatch English
- wake English
- watch English
- watch-birth English
- watchability English
- watchable English
- watchband English
- watchbox English
- watchcase English
- watchcat English
- watchchain English
- watchclock English
- watchdog English
- watcher English
- watchest English
- watcheth English
- watchfire English
- watchful English
- watchguard English
- watchhouse English
- watchkeeper English
- watchkeeping English
- watchless English
- watchlight English
- watchlike English
- watchlist English
- watchmaker English
- watchmaking English
- watchman English
- watchmate English
- watchnight English
- watchphone English
- watchpoint English
- watchpuppy English
- watchspring English
- watchstander English
- watchstanding English
- watchstrap English
- watcht English
- watchtower English
- watchwoman English
- watchword English
- wristwatch English
- Wecker German
- Weckruf German
- aufwecken German
- erwecken German
- wecken German
- *weǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- vekke Norwegian Bokmål
- *wakjaną Proto-Germanic
- nötväcka Swedish
- väcka Swedish
- たまごっち Japanese
- ウオッチ Japanese
- vekkja Norwegian Nynorsk
- wacche Middle English
- vekja Old Norse
- medynk Danish
- medynkvækkende Danish
- opsigt Danish
- opsigtsvækkende Danish
- ur Danish
- vækkelse Danish
- vækkeur Danish
- vækning Danish
- veki Esperanto
- wecchen Old High German
- *wakkjan gmw-pro
- wecken Old Dutch
- wekkian Old Saxon
- vækia Old Swedish
- veetj Westrobothnian
- waj Marshallese
- wajwaj Marshallese
- iwotshi Xhosa
- was Tok Pisin
- liwashi Swati
- wække Old Danish