Where does “vake” come from?

vake (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch faka, from Old Dutch fak, from Proto-West Germanic fak, from Proto-Germanic faką, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- — to attach.

vake (Middle Dutch): often

Definitions

  1. often

Ancestry of “vake”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchfaka—
2Old Dutchfakcompartment
3Proto-West Germanicfakdivision, compartment; period, interval
4Proto-GermanicfakąAn enclosed or defined space; division;...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ǵ-to attach

Words derived from “vake”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic faką →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fak →