Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wahtwō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be fresh, be cheerful, be awake”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwɑxt.wɔː/

Noun

*wahtwō f

watch, vigil

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *wahtwō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wahtwō	*wahtwôz
vocative	*wahtwō	*wahtwôz
accusative	*wahtwǭ	*wahtwōz
genitive	*wahtwōz	*wahtwǫ̂
dative	*wahtwōi	*wahtwōmaz
instrumental	*wahtwō	*wahtwōmiz

Derived terms

*wahtwijaną

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
Frankish: *wahta
- Old Dutch: wahta
  - Middle Dutch: wachte
    - Dutch: wacht
- → Medieval Latin: wacta, wagta, waita (see there for further descendants)
Old High German: wahta
- Middle High German: wahte
  - German: Wacht
    - Russian: вахта (vaxta)
  - Luxembourgish: Wuecht
- Old High German: wahtari
  - German: Wächter
  - → Italian: sguattero
  - Luxembourgish: Wiechter
Gothic: *𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍅𐌰 (*wahtwa) (or *𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍅𐍉 (*wahtwō); only the dative plural 𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍅𐍉𐌼 (wahtwōm) is attested, which is ambiguous)

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