vaker.
windsock; a bag- or sausage-shaped pennant used to indicate wind direction
Meaning & usage
windsock; a bag- or sausage-shaped pennant used to indicate wind direction
Vakeren på flyplassen.
a float or buoy, especially a wooden or glass float attached to the anchor line of a fishing net or longline
a small pennant at the masthead of a sailing vessel
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Dutch waker (“wind indicator; buoy”) or Low German waker (“wind indicator; buoy”). The source noun is derived from the nautical verb waken (“to float; remain above water”), which is etymologically the same word as waken (“to be awake; keep watch”). The verb continues Middle Dutch wāken, from Old Dutch wacon, from Proto-Germanic *wakāną (“to be awake, watch”), ultimately from *weǵ- (“to be lively, awake; be strong”). The Norwegian verb vake (“to float; remain afloat; rise to the surface”) was likewise borrowed from Dutch or Low German and belongs to the same word family as inherited våke (“to be awake; keep watch”). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk vaker (“wind indicator; buoy”), Danish vager (“wind indicator; buoy or sea mark”) and Swedish vakare (“fishing float or buoy”).
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