Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wahtu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wahtwō.

Noun

*wahtu f

1. watch, vigil

Inflection

wō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wahtu
Genitive	*wahtwā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wahtu	*wahtwō
Accusative	*wahtwā	*wahtwā
Genitive	*wahtwā	*wahtwō
Dative	*wahtwē	*wahtwōm, *wahtum
Instrumental	*wahtu	*wahtwōm, *wahtum

Derived terms

• *wahtwēn

Descendants

• Old Frisian: *wacht
  • Saterland Frisian: Wacht
  • West Frisian: wacht
• Old Saxon: wahta
  • Middle Low German: wachte, wacht
    • German Low German: Wacht
    • → Danish: vagt
    • → Norwegian: vakt
    • → Swedish: vakt
    • → Finnish: vahti
      • → Ingrian: vahti
• Old Dutch: wahta
  • Middle Dutch: wachte
    • Dutch: wacht
• Old High German: wahta
  • Middle High German: wahte
    • Alemannic German: Wacht
      • ⇒ Alemannic German: Biiwacht
        • → French: bivouac (see there for further descendants)
    • German: Wacht
      • → Russian: вахта (vaxta) (see there for further descendants)
    • Luxembourgish: Wuecht
    • → Polish: wachta
  • ⇒ Old High German: wahtāri (see there for further descendants)
• → Medieval Latin: wacta (see there for further descendants)