wahta

See also: wáhta

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wahtu, from Proto-Germanic *wahtwō.

Noun

wahta f

1. watch, vigil
2. guard

Inflection

Declension of wahta (feminine ō/ōn-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	wahta	wahta, wahton
accusative	wahta, wahton	wahta, wahton
genitive	wahton	wahtono
dative	wahton	wahton

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: wachte
  • Dutch: wacht

Further reading

• “wahta”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wahtu (“watch, vigil”).

Noun

wahta f

1. watch
2. vigil

Declension

wahta (feminine a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	wahta	wahta
accusative	wahta	wahta
genitive	wahtō	wahtanō
dative	wahtu	wahtum
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

• Middle Low German: wachte, wacht
  • German Low German: Wacht
  • → Danish: vagt
  • → Norwegian: vakt
  • → Swedish: vakt
  • → Finnish: vahti
    • → Ingrian: vahti