Wach
English
editEtymology
editProper noun
editWach (plural Wachs)
- A surname from Polish.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wach”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
editHunsrik
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle High German wache, from Old High German wahha, from Proto-West Germanic *waku, from Proto-Germanic *wakō.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editWach f (nominative plural Wache)
- vigil (an instance of keeping awake during normal sleeping hours)
Declension
editDeclension of Wach
Related terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Wach”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português [Riograndenser Hunsrickisch–Portuguese Dictionary][1] (in Portuguese), 3 edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 170
Polish
editEtymology
editFrom truncation of personal names beginning with Wa- (e.g. Wacław and Wawrzyniec) + -ch.[1][2]
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editWach m pers
- a male surname
Declension
editDeclension of Wach
Proper noun
editWach f (indeclinable)
- a female surname
References
edit- ^ Stankiewicz, Edward (1986) The Slavic Languages: Unity in Diversity[2], page 261
- ^ Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wach”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Further reading
edit- “Wach”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022
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- Hunsrik terms derived from Middle High German
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Old High German
- Hunsrik terms derived from Old High German
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Hunsrik terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Hunsrik terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Hunsrik 1-syllable words
- Hunsrik terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hunsrik/ax
- Rhymes:Hunsrik/ax/1 syllable
- Hunsrik lemmas
- Hunsrik nouns
- Hunsrik feminine nouns
- hrx:Sleep
- Polish terms suffixed with -ch
- Polish 1-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Polish/ax
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- Polish lemmas
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