vakta

Swedish

/²vakta/

verb-reg

Definitions

to guard (to protect from some offence)

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse vakta derived from Middle Low German wachten derived from Old Saxon *wahtōn derived from *wahtwēn (keep watch).

Origin

*wahtwēn

Gloss

keep watch

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

vahdata Finnish
vahtia Finnish
*wahtwō Proto-Germanic
väktare Swedish
vakta Old Norse
vogte Danish
wahten Old High German
*wahtwēn gmw-pro
wachten Middle Low German
*wahtōn Old Saxon
vaktare Old Swedish
wachtia Old Frisian

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