Where does “Woker” come from?

Woker (German) comes from German woke, from English woke, from English woken up, from English wake up, from English wake, from Middle English wake, from Old English wacu, from Old English ford — passed , crossed.

Woker (German): woker, wokist

Definitions

  1. woker, wokist

Ancestry of “Woker”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwokewoke pertaining to wokeness/wokeism, a certain form of postmaterialist leftism
2EnglishwokeAwake: conscious and not asleep; Alert, aware of...
3Englishwoken uppast participle of wake up
4Englishwake upTo awake; To awaken somebody; To become more...
5EnglishwakeTo stop sleeping; To make somebody stop sleeping;...
6Middle EnglishwakeAlternative form of woke
7Old Englishwacuwake, watch
8Old Englishfordford
9Proto-West Germanicfurduford
10Proto-Germanicfurduzford
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpértuscrossing
12Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós