Wach

See also: wach and wåch

English

Etymology

From Polish Wach.

Proper noun

Wach (plural Wachs)

  1. A surname from Polish.

Further reading

Anagrams

Hunsrik

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German wache, from Old High German wahha, from Proto-West Germanic *waku, from Proto-Germanic *wakō.[1]

Cognate with German Wache.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vax/
  • Rhymes: -ax
  • Hyphenation: Wach

Noun

Wach f (plural Wache)

  1. vigil (an instance of keeping awake during normal sleeping hours)

References

  1. ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Wach”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 170

Polish

Etymology

Clipping of names beginning with Wa- (e.g. Wacław and Wawrzyniec) + -ch.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈvax/
  • Rhymes: -ax
  • Syllabification: Wach

Proper noun

Wach m pers (female equivalent Wachowa)

  1. a male surname

Declension

Proper noun

Wach f (indeclinable)

  1. a female surname

References

  1. ^ Stankiewicz, Edward (1986) The Slavic Languages: Unity in Diversity[1], page 261
  2. ^ Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wach”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Further reading

  • Wach”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022
  • Józef Bliziński (1860) “Wach”, in Abecadłowy spis wyrazów języka ludowego w Kujawach i Galicyi Zachodniej (in Polish), Warszawa, page 632
  • Oskar Kolberg (1867) “Wach”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 278
  • Władysław Matlakowski (1892) “Wach”, in Słownik wyrazów ludowych zebranych w Czerskiem i na Kujawach (in Polish), Kraków: nakł. Akademii Umiejętności; Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego pod zarządem A. M. Kosterkiewicza, page 19