Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wahtwō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be fresh, be cheerful, be awake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑxt.wɔː/

Noun

*wahtwō f

1. watch, vigil

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *wahtwō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wahtwō	*wahtwôz
vocative	*wahtwō	*wahtwôz
accusative	*wahtwǭ	*wahtwōz
genitive	*wahtwōz	*wahtwǫ̂
dative	*wahtwōi	*wahtwōmaz
instrumental	*wahtwō	*wahtwōmiz

Derived terms

• *wahtwijaną

Descendants

• Old Frisian: *wacht
  • Saterland Frisian: Wacht
  • West Frisian: wacht
• Old Saxon: wahta
  • Middle Low German: wachte, wacht
    • German Low German: Wacht
    • → Danish: vagt
    • → Norwegian: vakt
    • → Swedish: vakt
    • → Finnish: vahti
      • → Ingrian: vahti
• Frankish: *wahta
• Old High German: wahta
  • Middle High German: wahte
    • Alemannic German: Wacht
      • ⇒ Alemannic German: Biiwacht
        • → French: bivouac (see there for further descendants)
    • German: Wacht
      • → Russian: вахта (vaxta) (see there for further descendants)
    • Luxembourgish: Wuecht
    • → Polish: wachta
  • ⇒ Old High German: wahtāri (see there for further descendants)
• Gothic: *𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍅𐌰 (*wahtwa) (or *𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍅𐍉 (*wahtwō); only the dative plural 𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍅𐍉𐌼 (wahtwōm) is attested, which is ambiguous)