Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗(often followed by up) To stop sleeping. · (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep. · To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite. · To be excited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.
A merger of two verbs of related/similar form and meaning: * Middle English waken, Old English wacan, from Proto-West Germanic *wakan, from Proto-Germanic *wakaną. * Middle English wakien, Old English wacian, from Proto-West Germanic *wakēn, from Proto-Germanic *wakāną.
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- Root classification mention*weǵ-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionwakenenm
- Inherited-form mentionwacanang
- Inherited-form mention*wakangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*wakanągem-pro
- Inherited-form mentionwakienenm
- Inherited-form mentionwacianang
- Inherited-form mention*wakēngmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*wakānągem-pro
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