Where does “wacan” come from?

wacan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *wakan, from Proto-Germanic wakaną, from Proto-Indo-European weǵ- — lively, awake; strong.

wacan (Old English): to awake, arise, originate, to be born

Definitions

  1. to awake, arise, originate, to be born

Ancestry of “wacan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*wakanto wake, be awake, arise
2Proto-Germanicwakanąto wake, be awake, arise
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵ-lively, awake; strong

Words derived from “wacan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wakaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *wakan →
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