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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wakāną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *weǵ-. Equivalent to *wakaną (to wake up) + *-āną.

Verb

*wakāną[1]

  1. (intransitive) to wake, to be awake

Inflection

Descendants

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*wakēnan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 441/442
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