Etymograph

English

guichet

Guichet comes from French guichet ‘(small) door, gate’, from Old Norse vík ‘bay’, and ultimately from 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*wīkōas *wīks‘bay, inlet, fjord’reconstructed
  3. Old Norsec. 800–1350vík‘bay’
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentguichet‘(small) door, gate’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1860same form

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*wīkōas *wīks‘bay, inlet, fjord’reconstructed
  3. Old Norsec. 800–1350vík‘bay’
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentguichet‘(small) door, gate’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1860same form

Earliest quotation: 1860, Horace Marryat, A Residence in Jutland: “The door was walled up, his food passed through…”

Linked words

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

week, weak, 1 more

through Old Norse vík ‘bay’

wick

Today it means

noun A small hatch or grill.

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

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

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