"wahtwō" meaning in Proto-Germanic

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwɑxt.wɔː/
Etymology: From *wakaną (“to wake, be awake”) + *-þwō. Etymology templates: {{root|gem-pro|ine-pro|*weǵ-}}, {{af|gem-pro|*wakaną|*-þwō|t1=to wake, be awake}} *wakaną (“to wake, be awake”) + *-þwō Inflection templates: {{gem-decl-noun}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], wahtwō [nominative, singular], wahtwôz [nominative, plural], wahtwō [singular, vocative], wahtwôz [plural, vocative], wahtwǭ [accusative, singular], wahtwōz [accusative, plural], wahtwōz [genitive, singular], wahtwǫ̂ [genitive, plural], wahtwōi [dative, singular], wahtwōmaz [dative, plural], wahtwō [instrumental, singular], wahtwōmiz [instrumental, plural]
  1. watch, vigil Wikipedia link: Brill Publishers Tags: feminine, reconstruction
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
            "2": "*wahtu"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic: *wahtu\nOld Frisian: *wacht\nSaterland Frisian: Wacht\nWest Frisian: wacht\nOld Saxon: wahta\nMiddle Low German: wachte, wacht\nGerman Low German: Wacht\n→ Danish: vagt\n→ Norwegian: vakt\n→ Swedish: vakt\n→ Finnish: vahti\n→ Ingrian: vahti\nOld Dutch: wahta\nMiddle Dutch: wachte\nDutch: wacht\nOld High German: wahta\nMiddle High German: wahte\nAlemannic German: Wacht\n⇒ Alemannic German: Biiwacht\n→ French: bivouac (see there for further descendants)\nGerman: Wacht\n→ Russian: вахта (vaxta) (see there for further descendants)\nLuxembourgish: Wuecht\n→ Polish: wachta\n⇒ Old High German: wahtāri (see there for further descendants)\n→ Medieval Latin: wacta (see there for further descendants)\nOld French: waite, weite\n→ Middle English: waite, wayte\nEnglish: wait\nScots: wait",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-West Germanic: *wahtu\nOld Frisian: *wacht\nSaterland Frisian: Wacht\nWest Frisian: wacht\nOld Saxon: wahta\nMiddle Low German: wachte, wacht\nGerman Low German: Wacht\n→ Danish: vagt\n→ Norwegian: vakt\n→ Swedish: vakt\n→ Finnish: vahti\n→ Ingrian: vahti\nOld Dutch: wahta\nMiddle Dutch: wachte\nDutch: wacht\nOld High German: wahta\nMiddle High German: wahte\nAlemannic German: Wacht\n⇒ Alemannic German: Biiwacht\n→ French: bivouac (see there for further descendants)\nGerman: Wacht\n→ Russian: вахта (vaxta) (see there for further descendants)\nLuxembourgish: Wuecht\n→ Polish: wachta\n⇒ Old High German: wahtāri (see there for further descendants)\n→ Medieval Latin: wacta (see there for further descendants)\nOld French: waite, weite\n→ Middle English: waite, wayte\nEnglish: wait\nScots: wait"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "got",
            "2": "*𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍅𐌰"
          },
          "expansion": "Gothic: *𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍅𐌰 (*wahtwa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gothic: *𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍅𐌰 (*wahtwa) (or *𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍅𐍉 (*wahtwō); only the dative plural 𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍅𐍉𐌼 (wahtwōm) is attested, which is ambiguous)"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*wakaną",
        "3": "*-þwō",
        "t1": "to wake, be awake"
      },
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      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From *wakaną (“to wake, be awake”) + *-þwō.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gem-decl-noun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ō-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wahtwō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wahtwôz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wahtwō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wahtwôz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wahtwǭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wahtwōz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wahtwōz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wahtwǫ̂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wahtwōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wahtwōmaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wahtwō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wahtwōmiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gem-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wahtwō",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Germanic terms suffixed with *-þwō",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "watch, vigil"
      ],
      "id": "en-wahtwō-gem-pro-noun-Iw~ERHP0",
      "links": [
        [
          "watch",
          "watch"
        ],
        [
          "vigil",
          "vigil"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "reconstruction"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Brill Publishers"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɑxt.wɔː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wahtwō"
}
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
            "2": "*wahtu"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic: *wahtu\nOld Frisian: *wacht\nSaterland Frisian: Wacht\nWest Frisian: wacht\nOld Saxon: wahta\nMiddle Low German: wachte, wacht\nGerman Low German: Wacht\n→ Danish: vagt\n→ Norwegian: vakt\n→ Swedish: vakt\n→ Finnish: vahti\n→ Ingrian: vahti\nOld Dutch: wahta\nMiddle Dutch: wachte\nDutch: wacht\nOld High German: wahta\nMiddle High German: wahte\nAlemannic German: Wacht\n⇒ Alemannic German: Biiwacht\n→ French: bivouac (see there for further descendants)\nGerman: Wacht\n→ Russian: вахта (vaxta) (see there for further descendants)\nLuxembourgish: Wuecht\n→ Polish: wachta\n⇒ Old High German: wahtāri (see there for further descendants)\n→ Medieval Latin: wacta (see there for further descendants)\nOld French: waite, weite\n→ Middle English: waite, wayte\nEnglish: wait\nScots: wait",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-West Germanic: *wahtu\nOld Frisian: *wacht\nSaterland Frisian: Wacht\nWest Frisian: wacht\nOld Saxon: wahta\nMiddle Low German: wachte, wacht\nGerman Low German: Wacht\n→ Danish: vagt\n→ Norwegian: vakt\n→ Swedish: vakt\n→ Finnish: vahti\n→ Ingrian: vahti\nOld Dutch: wahta\nMiddle Dutch: wachte\nDutch: wacht\nOld High German: wahta\nMiddle High German: wahte\nAlemannic German: Wacht\n⇒ Alemannic German: Biiwacht\n→ French: bivouac (see there for further descendants)\nGerman: Wacht\n→ Russian: вахта (vaxta) (see there for further descendants)\nLuxembourgish: Wuecht\n→ Polish: wachta\n⇒ Old High German: wahtāri (see there for further descendants)\n→ Medieval Latin: wacta (see there for further descendants)\nOld French: waite, weite\n→ Middle English: waite, wayte\nEnglish: wait\nScots: wait"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "got",
            "2": "*𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍅𐌰"
          },
          "expansion": "Gothic: *𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍅𐌰 (*wahtwa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gothic: *𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍅𐌰 (*wahtwa) (or *𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍅𐍉 (*wahtwō); only the dative plural 𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍅𐍉𐌼 (wahtwōm) is attested, which is ambiguous)"
    }
  ],
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        "3": "*weǵ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*wakaną",
        "3": "*-þwō",
        "t1": "to wake, be awake"
      },
      "expansion": "*wakaną (“to wake, be awake”) + *-þwō",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From *wakaną (“to wake, be awake”) + *-þwō.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gem-decl-noun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ō-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wahtwō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wahtwôz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wahtwō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wahtwôz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wahtwǭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wahtwōz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wahtwōz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wahtwǫ̂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wahtwōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wahtwōmaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wahtwō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wahtwōmiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gem-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wahtwō",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Germanic feminine nouns",
        "Proto-Germanic lemmas",
        "Proto-Germanic nouns",
        "Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Proto-Germanic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weǵ-",
        "Proto-Germanic terms suffixed with *-þwō",
        "Proto-Germanic ō-stem nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "watch, vigil"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "watch",
          "watch"
        ],
        [
          "vigil",
          "vigil"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "reconstruction"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Brill Publishers"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɑxt.wɔː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wahtwō"
}

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