Where does “wacker” come from?

wacker (Middle Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic wakraz, from Proto-Germanic -raz, from Proto-Indo-European -rós — Forms adjectives from Caland system roots.

wacker (Middle Dutch): watchful, alert

Definitions

  1. watchful, alert

Ancestry of “wacker”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwakrazawake; watchful, alert
2Proto-Germanic-razForms adjectives from verbal roots, which usually...
3Proto-Indo-European-rósForms adjectives from Caland system roots

Words derived from “wacker”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -rós →Every word from Proto-Germanic -raz →Every word from Proto-Germanic wakraz →