Where does “wake” come from?
Wake derives from Old English wacu, from Proto-Germanic wakō, from Proto-Indo-European weǵ-, meaning to be awake or vigilant.
wake (English): To stop sleeping; To make somebody stop sleeping;...
Definitions
- To stop sleeping; To make somebody stop sleeping;...
Ancestry of “wake”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | wake | Alternative form of woke |
| 2 | Old English | wacu | wake, watch |
| 3 | Old English | ford | ford |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | furdu | ford |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | furduz | ford |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pértus | crossing |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
Words derived from “wake”