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English word wake comes from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ-, and later Proto-Germanic *wakaną (To wake, be awake, arise.)
*weǵ- (Proto-Indo-European)
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)
To wake, be awake, arise.
*wakjaną (Proto-Germanic)
(intransitive) to wake, to be awake.
wacan (Old English)
To awake, arise, originate, to be born.
wæċċan (Old English)
gewaken (Old English)
waken (Middle English)
To remain awake on watch especially over a corpse. To wake, cease from sleep, to be awake.
wake (English)
(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.. [...]