Etymograph

English

Flitwick

Flitwick comes from Old English wīc ‘village’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyḱ-‘village’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*weikosreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīcus‘village’
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*wīk‘dwelling, village’reconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150wīc‘village’
  6. EnglishtodayFlitwick

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyḱ-‘village’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*weikosreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīcus‘village’
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*wīk‘dwelling, village’reconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150wīc‘village’
  6. EnglishtodayFlitwick

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- ‘village’

village, villa, parish, ecology, diocese, ville, parochial, 42 more

through Latin vīcus ‘village’

vicinity, 8 more

Today it means

name A town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0334).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- / Flitwick

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