wacken
English
adj
Definitions
- (obsolete) Watchful.
- (UK) Lively; sharp; wanton.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English waken inherited from Old English wacen inherited from Proto-Germanic *wakanaz, *wakaną (be awake, arise, wake, awake) affix from English wake.
Origin
English
wake
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bewake English
- forwake English
- moonwake English
- rewake English
- wake English
- wakeable English
- wakeathon English
- wakeboard English
- wakefield English
- wakeful English
- wakeless English
- wakelet English
- waker English
- wakerobin English
- wakeskate English
- wakeskater English
- wakeskating English
- wakesome English
- wakest English
- waketh English
- waketime English
- wakey English
- wecken German
- *weǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *wakanaz Proto-Germanic
- *wakaną Proto-Germanic
- wacan Old English
- wacen Old English
- waken Middle English
- wakien Middle English
- vakinn Old Norse
- 𐍅𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌽 Gothic