Etymograph

English

Wijchen

Wijchen comes from Dutch Wijchen, from Proto-Germanic *wīhaz ‘sacred’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- ‘to choose, separate out, set aside as holy,…’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyk-‘to choose, separate out, set aside as holy, consecrate, sacrifice’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wéyk-o-sreconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*wīhaz‘sacred’reconstructed
  4. Dutchc. 1500–presentWijchen
  5. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyk-‘to choose, separate out, set aside as holy, consecrate, sacrifice’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wéyk-o-sreconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*wīhaz‘sacred’reconstructed
  4. Dutchc. 1500–presentWijchen
  5. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *weyk- ‘to choose, separate out, set aside as holy,…’

victory, victim, province, convince, weakness, victor, icon, conviction, wicked, wo, witch, convict, invincible, eviction, vicar, weakly, wight, evict, vanquish, ancona, waw, wile, 33 more

Today it means

name A village in Gelderland, Netherlands.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weyk- / Wijchen

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