wacche
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old English wæċċe (“watch”),[1] from wæċċan (“to be awake; to keep watch”), from Proto-West Germanic *wakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *wakjaną (“to awaken, wake up”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“awake; lively; strong”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
wacche
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- English: watch
References edit
- ^ “wacche, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 23 February 2019.