Where does “våk” come from?
våk (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse vákr, from Proto-Norse ᚹᚨᚲᚱᚨᛉ, from Proto-Germanic wakraz, from Proto-Germanic -raz, from Proto-Indo-European -rós — Forms adjectives from Caland system roots.
våk (Norwegian Nynorsk): a bird of the genus Buteo, the buzzards and...
Definitions
- a bird of the genus Buteo, the buzzards and...
Ancestry of “våk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | vákr | — |
| 2 | Proto-Norse | ᚹᚨᚲᚱᚨᛉ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | wakraz | awake; watchful, alert |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -raz | Forms adjectives from verbal roots, which usually... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -rós | Forms adjectives from Caland system roots |