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Where does “wach” come from?

wach (German) comes from German wache, from Middle High German wache, from Old High German wacha.

wach (German): awake

Definitions

  1. awake

Ancestry of “wach”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwacheinflection of wachen: ## first-person singular...
2Middle High Germanwache—
3Old High Germanwacha—

Words derived from “wach”

  • wachrütteln
  • wachsam
  • Wachsamkeit
  • Wachzustand
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