Etymograph

English

Vogt

Vogt comes from German Vogt ‘steward’, from Old High German fogat ‘bailiff’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wokʷ-reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvocō‘to call, summon’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadvocō‘to call, summon’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadvocātus‘one called to aid’
  5. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEvocātus‘called, invoked, having been summoned’
  6. Old High Germanc. 750–1050fogat‘bailiff’
  7. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350voget
  8. Germanc. 1650–presentVogt‘steward’
  9. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wokʷ-reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvocō‘to call, summon’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadvocō‘to call, summon’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadvocātus‘one called to aid’
  5. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEvocātus‘called, invoked, having been summoned’
  6. Old High Germanc. 750–1050fogat‘bailiff’
  7. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350voget
  8. Germanc. 1650–presentVogt‘steward’
  9. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-

vocabulary, revocation, convocation, 21 more

through Latin vocō ‘to call, summon’

invite, invitation, vocational, vie, provocative, provoke, invoke, provocation, vocation, vouch, irrevocable, provocateur, revocable, 30 more

through Latin advocātus ‘one called to aid’

advocate, 5 more

Today it means

name A surname from German.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ- / Vogt

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