Words that come from Proto-Germanic wakjaną

142 words across 28 languages descend from Proto-Germanic wakjaną — including watch, watching, waken, watchword, watchdog, wristwatch, watchmaker, stopwatch.

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English (66)

Norwegian Bokmål (15)

Dutch (5)

Esperanto (5)

German (5)

Danish (4)

Serbo-Croatian (4)

Old English (4)

Middle English (4)

Old Swedish (3)

Icelandic (2)

Swedish (2)

Low German (2)

Hungarian (2)

Japanese (2)

Ido (2)

Old Norse (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Tok Pisin (2)

Faroese (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Old High German (1)

Old Danish (1)