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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wahtwō.
Noun
*wahtu f
- watch, vigil
Inflection
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Singular
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*wahtu
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| Genitive
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*wahtwā
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*wahtu
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*wahtwō
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| Accusative
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*wahtwā
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*wahtwā
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| Genitive
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*wahtwā
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*wahtwō
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| Dative
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*wahtwē
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*wahtwōm, *wahtum
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| Instrumental
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*wahtu
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*wahtwōm, *wahtum
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Derived terms
Descendants
- Old Frisian: *wacht
- Old Saxon: wahta
- Old Dutch: wahta
- Old High German: wahta
- Middle High German: wahte
- Alemannic German: Wacht
- ⇒ Alemannic German: Biiwacht
- → French: bivouac (see there for further descendants)
- German: Wacht
- → Russian: вахта (vaxta) (see there for further descendants)
- Luxembourgish: Wuecht
- → Polish: wachta
- ⇒ Old High German: wahtāri (see there for further descendants)
- → Medieval Latin: wacta (see there for further descendants)