Where does “wacker” come from?

wacker (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon *wakkar, from Proto-West Germanic *wakr, from Proto-Germanic wakraz, from Proto-Germanic -raz, from Proto-Indo-European -rós — Forms adjectives from Caland system roots.

Ancestry of “wacker”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxon*wakkar—
2Proto-West Germanic*wakrawake
3Proto-Germanicwakrazawake; watchful, alert
4Proto-Germanic-razForms adjectives from verbal roots, which usually...
5Proto-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 →