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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wakkjan

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 *wakjaną.

Verb

*wakkjan[1]

  1. to wake, awaken
  2. to cause to wake up

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive *wakkjan
1st sg. past *wakidā
Infinitive *wakkjan
Genitive infin. *wakkjannjas
Dative infin. *wakkjannjē
Instrum. infin. *wakkjannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *wakkju *wakidā
2nd singular *wakisi *wakidēs, *wakidōs
3rd singular *wakiþi *wakidē, *wakidā
1st plural *wakkjum *wakidum
2nd plural *wakiþ *wakidud
3rd plural *wakkjanþ *wakidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *wakkjē *wakidī
2nd singular *wakkjēs *wakidī
3rd singular *wakkjē *wakidī
1st plural *wakkjēm *wakidīm
2nd plural *wakkjēþ *wakidīd
3rd plural *wakkjēn *wakidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *waki
Plural *wakiþ
Present Past
Participle *wakkjandī *wakid

Descendants

  • Old English: wæċċan, weċċan
    • Middle English: wecchen
  • Old Saxon: wekkian
  • Old Dutch: *wecken
  • Old High German: wecchen

References

  1. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 51:PWGmc *[wakʲkʲan]
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