Where does “waka” come from?

waka (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German wacker, 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.

waka (Plautdietsch): awake, conscious

Definitions

  1. awake, conscious

Ancestry of “waka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanwacker—
2Old Saxon*wakkar—
3Proto-West Germanic*wakrawake
4Proto-Germanicwakrazawake; watchful, alert
5Proto-Germanic-razForms adjectives from verbal roots, which usually...
6Proto-Indo-European-rósForms adjectives from Caland system roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -rós →Every word from Proto-Germanic -raz →Every word from Proto-Germanic wakraz →