wahta

See also: wáhta

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wahtwō (“watch, vigil”).

Noun

wahta f

watch
vigil

Declension

Declension of wahta (feminine a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	wahta	wahta
accusative	wahta	wahta
genitive	wahtō	wahtanō
dative	wahtu	wahtum
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

Middle Low German: wachte, wacht
- German Low German: Wacht
- → Danish:vagt
- → Norwegian: vakt
- → Swedish: vakt

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