Etymograph

English

Wick

Wick comes from Old Norse vík ‘bay, inlet’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *weyg- ‘to bend, curve’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyg-‘to bend, curve’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*wīkō‘bay, inlet, fjord’reconstructed
  3. Old Norsec. 800–1350vík‘bay, inlet’
  4. EnglishtodayWick

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyg-‘to bend, curve’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*wīkō‘bay, inlet, fjord’reconstructed
  3. Old Norsec. 800–1350vík‘bay, inlet’
  4. EnglishtodayWick

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *weyg- ‘to bend, curve’

week, weak, 3 more

Another origin of Wick

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150wīc‘dairy farm’
  2. EnglishtodayWick

Today it means

name A town in north-eastern Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND3650).

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weyg- / Wick

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