wahta

See also: wáhta

Old Saxon

Etymology

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

Noun

wahta f

1. watch
2. 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
  • → Finnish: vahti
    • → Ingrian: vahti