waken
Middle English
/ˈwaːkən/
verb
Definitions
- to wake, cease from sleep, to be awake
- to remain awake on watch especially over a corpse
Etymology
Inherited from Old English wacan inherited from Proto-Germanic *wakaną (be awake, arise, wake, awake).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wakaną
Gloss
be awake, arise, wake, awake
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bewake English
- forwake English
- moonwake English
- rewake English
- wacken English
- wake English
- wakeable English
- wakeathon English
- wakeboard English
- wakefield English
- wakeful English
- wakeless English
- wakelet English
- waker English
- wakerobin English
- wakeskate English
- wakeskater English
- wakeskating English
- wakesome English
- wakest English
- waketh English
- waketime English
- wakey English
- wecken German
- *weǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *wakanaz Proto-Germanic
- *wakaną Proto-Germanic
- awacan Old English
- onwacan Old English
- wacan Old English
- wacen Old English
- wakien Middle English
- vakinn Old Norse
- 𐍅𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌽 Gothic