Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wakēn

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 *wakāną. Equivalent to *wakan (“to wake”) +‎ *-ēn.

Verb

*wakēn

1. to wake
2. to be awake

Inflection

Class 3 weak
Infinitive	*wakēn
1st sg. past	*wak?dā
Infinitive	*wakēn
Genitive infin.	*wakēnijas
Dative infin.	*wakēnijē
Instrum. infin.	*wakēniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*wakē	*wak?dā
2nd singular	*wakēs	*wak?dēs, *wak?dēs
3rd singular	*wakēþ	*wak?dē, *wak?dā
1st plural	*wakēm	*wak?dum
2nd plural	*wakēþ	*wak?dud
3rd plural	*wakēnþ	*wak?dun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*wakē	*wak?dī
2nd singular	*wakēs	*wak?dī
3rd singular	*wakē	*wak?dī
1st plural	*wakēm	*wak?dīm
2nd plural	*wakēþ	*wak?dīd
3rd plural	*wakēn	*wak?dīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*wakē
Plural	*wakēþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*wakēndī	*wak?d

Derived terms

• *wakul

Descendants

• Old English: wacian
  • Middle English: wakien, waken
    • Scots: wauk, walk, wak, wake
    • English: wake
• Old Frisian: wakia
• Old Saxon: wakōn
  • Middle Low German: waken
    • Plautdietsch: wakjen
• Old Dutch: wacon
  • Middle Dutch: wāken
    • Dutch: waken
    • Limburgish: wake
• Old High German: wahhēn
  • Middle High German: wachēn
    • Cimbrian: bachan
    • German: wachen
    • Luxembourgish: waachen
    • Yiddish: וואַכן (vakhn)