*wakaną

Runic: ᚹᚨᚲᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈwɑ.kɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 6

Meanings

to wake, be awake, arise

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (‘to be strong, be awake, be fresh, be cheerful’). Cognate with Latin vegeō (‘be quick, be aroused, be alert’).

Conjugation

Present active

PersonIndicativeSubjunctiveImperative
1st singularwakōwakaų–
2nd singularwakiziwakaizwak
3rd singularwakidiwakaiwakadau
1st dualwakōzwakaiw–
2nd dualwakadizwakaidizwakadiz
1st pluralwakamazwakaim–
2nd pluralwakidwakaidwakid
3rd pluralwakandiwakainwakandau

Present passive

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularwakai–
2nd singularwakazaiwakaizau
3rd singularwakadaiwakaidau
1st dual––
2nd dual––
1st pluralwakandaiwakaindau
2nd pluralwakandaiwakaindau
3rd pluralwakandaiwakaindau

Past

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularwōkwōkį̄
2nd singularwōhtwōkīz
3rd singularwōkwōkī
1st dualwōkūwōkīw
2nd dualwōkudizwōkīdiz
1st pluralwōkumwōkīm
2nd pluralwōkudwōkīd
3rd pluralwōkunwōkīn

Non-finite Forms

InfinitivePresent ParticiplePast Participle
wakaną wakandz wakanaz

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Descendants

  • *wakan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wacan (Old English)
      • waken (Middle English)
        • wake (English)
        • wake (Scots)
  • ? (Proto-Norse)
    • vakinn (Old Norse)
      • watjin (Elfdalian)
      • vakin (Faroese)
      • vakinn (Icelandic)
  • ? (Proto-Norse)
    • vakinn (Old Norse)
      • vågen (Danish)
        • våken (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • ? (Proto-Norse)
    • vakinn (Old Norse)
      • vaken (Norwegian Nynorsk)
        • vaken (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • ? (Proto-Norse)
    • vakinn (Old Norse)
      • vakin, vaken (Old Swedish)
        • vaken (Swedish)
  • 𐍅𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌽 (wakan) (Gothic)

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