*wakjaną

Runic: ᚹᚨᚲᛃᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈwɑk.jɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Weak class 1

Meanings

to wake up, to awaken

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *woǵ-éye-. By surface analysis, *wakaną (‘to wake’) + *-janą (‘causative suffix’).

Conjugation

Present active

PersonIndicativeSubjunctiveImperative
1st singularwakjōwakjaų–
2nd singularwakisiwakjaiswaki
3rd singularwakiþiwakjaiwakjaþau
1st dualwakjōswakjaiw–
2nd dualwakjaþizwakjaiþizwakjaþiz
1st pluralwakjamazwakjaim–
2nd pluralwakiþwakjaiþwakiþ
3rd pluralwakjanþiwakjainwakjanþau

Present passive

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularwakjai–
2nd singularwakjasaiwakjaisau
3rd singularwakjaþaiwakjaiþau
1st dual––
2nd dual––
1st pluralwakjanþaiwakjainþau
2nd pluralwakjanþaiwakjainþau
3rd pluralwakjanþaiwakjainþau

Past

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularwakidǭwakidēdį̄
2nd singularwakidēzwakidēdīz
3rd singularwakidēwakidēdī
1st dualwakidēdūwakidēdīw
2nd dualwakidēdudizwakidēdīdiz
1st pluralwakidēdumwakidēdīm
2nd pluralwakidēdudwakidēdīd
3rd pluralwakidēdunwakidēdīn

Non-finite Forms

InfinitivePresent ParticiplePast Participle
wakjaną wakjandz wakidaz

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Descendants

  • *wakkjan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *wecken (Old Dutch)
      • wecken (Middle Dutch)
        • wekken (Dutch)
          • wek (Afrikaans)
  • *wakkjan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wæċċan, weċċan (Old English)
      • wecchen (Middle English)
        • watch (English)
  • *wakkjan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wecchen (Old High German)
      • wecken (Middle High German)
        • wecken (German)
  • *wakkjan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wekkian (Old Saxon)
      • wekken (Middle Low German)
  • vekja (Old Norse)
    • vekja (Faroese)
    • vekja (Icelandic)
    • vekkja, vekja (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • vekja (Old Norse)
    • wække (Old Danish)
      • vække (Danish)
        • vekke (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • vekja (Old Norse)
    • vækia, vækkia (Old Swedish)
      • väcka (Swedish)
  • *𐍅𐌰𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*wakjan) (Gothic)
  • 𐌿𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (uswakjan) (Gothic)

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