Proto-West Germanic

*wikkō

‘sorcerer, warlock’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-West Germanic *wikkō.

4 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *wikkō, most familiar first.

• witch ← wicche ← wiċċa
• wicked ← wikke ← wicca
• wickedness ← wikkednesse ← wikked ← wikke ← wicca
• wicke ← wikke ← wicca

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *wikkō