Words that come from Proto-Germanic “wahtwō”

128 words across 34 languages descend from Proto-Germanic wahtwō — including waiting, wait, waitstaff, waitlist, waitest, outwait, waitee, waitingly.

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Finnish (20)

Dutch (19)

English (15)

Norwegian Bokmål (11)

Swedish (5)

Norwegian Nynorsk (5)

French (4)

Frankish (4)

Middle Low German (4)

Middle Dutch (3)

Luxembourgish (3)

Old High German (3)

Middle English (3)

Old Dutch (2)

Danish (2)

Esperanto (2)

Latin (2)

Old Saxon (2)

Old French (2)

Proto-West Germanic (2)

Middle High German (2)

Faroese (1)

Russian (1)

Polish (1)

Old Frisian (1)

West Frisian (1)

Old Occitan (1)

Galician (1)

Ingrian (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Mauritian Creole (1)

German (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Old Norse (1)

Words from Proto-Germanic wahtwō — 128 descendants | Etymology Explorer