English word wake comes from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ-, and later Proto-Germanic *wakaną (To wake, be awake, arise.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*weǵ- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | to be fresh, be cheerful, be awake, to be awake, be fresh or cheerful, to be strong, be awake, be fresh, be cheerful, to be awake, be fresh, be cheerful, to be fresh, cheerful, awake, lively, to be strong |
*wakaną | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | To wake, be awake, arise. |
*wakjaną | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | (intransitive) to wake, to be awake. |
wacan | Old English (ang) | To awake, arise, originate, to be born. |
wæċċan | Old English (ang) | |
gewaken | Old English (ang) | |
waken | Middle English (enm) | To remain awake on watch especially over a corpse. To wake, cease from sleep, to be awake. |
wake | English (en) | (intransitive) (often followed by up) To stop sleeping.. (intransitive, figurative) To be excited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.. (obsolete) To be alert; to keep watch. (obsolete) To sit up late for festive purposes; to hold a night revel.. (transitive) (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.. [...] |