wacche

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Middle English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old English wæċċe (“watch”),[1] from wæċċan (“to be awake; to keep watch”), from Proto-West Germanic *wakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *wakjaną (“to awaken, wake up”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“awake; lively; strong”).

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Noun[edit]

wacche

  1. wakefulness
  2. sleeplessness
  3. vigil, wake
  4. watch, lookout

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Descendants[edit]

  • English: watch

References[edit]

  1. ^ “wacche, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 23 February 2019.
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