waker
English
adj
Definitions
- (now) Watchful; vigilant; alert.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English wakyr inherited from Old English wacor inherited from Proto-Germanic *wakraz (awake, lively, brave, fresh, watchful, alert) suffix from English wake.
Origin
English
wake
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bewake English
- forwake English
- moonwake English
- rewake English
- sleep English
- sleepwaker English
- wacken English
- wake English
- wakeable English
- wakeathon English
- wakeboard English
- wakefield English
- wakeful English
- wakeless English
- wakelet English
- wakerobin English
- wakeskate English
- wakeskater English
- wakeskating English
- wakesome English
- wakest English
- waketh English
- waketime English
- wakey English
- wacker German
- wecken German
- aanwakkeren Dutch, Flemish
- wakker Dutch, Flemish
- *weǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *wakraz Proto-Germanic
- vacker Swedish
- wacor Old English
- waken Middle English
- wakyr Middle English
- vakr Old Norse
- wacker Middle Dutch
- wacker Middle High German