waken
Middle Dutch
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) to wake, to be awake
- (intransitive) to not be or fall asleep, to stay awake
- (intransitive) to awaken, to wake up
- (transitive) to guard
Etymology
Inherited from Old Dutch wacon inherited from Proto-Germanic *wakāną (be awake, watch, wake).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wakāną
Gloss
be awake, watch, wake
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- vakoilla Finnish
- bewaken Dutch, Flemish
- ontwaken Dutch, Flemish
- waakhond Dutch, Flemish
- waakvlam Dutch, Flemish
- waakzaam Dutch, Flemish
- waken Dutch, Flemish
- *weǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *wakāną Proto-Germanic
- wacian Old English
- vaka Old Norse
- wahhen Old High German
- wahhēn Old High German
- wacon Old Dutch
- wakia Old Frisian
- wak Papiamentu