Where does “weck” come from?

weck (German) comes from Middle High German wecke, from Old High German wecki, from Proto-West Germanic *wagi, from Proto-Germanic wagjaz, from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- — to bring; to transport.

weck (German): second-person singular imperative of wecken

Definitions

  1. second-person singular imperative of wecken

Ancestry of “weck”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanwecke—
2Old High Germanwecki—
3Proto-West Germanic*wagiwedge
4Proto-Germanicwagjazwedge
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport

Words derived from “weck”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wagjaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *wagi →