Proto-Germanic

*wakaną

‘to wake, be awake, arise’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *wakaną.

3 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *wakaną, most familiar first.

• awake ← awaken ← āwacan ← wacan ← *wakan
• waker ← wakyr ← wacor ← *wakr ← *wakraz
• wacken ← waken ← wacen ← *wakanaz

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *wakaną