Where does “Wick” come from?
Wick (Luxembourgish) comes from Middle High German wicke, from Old High German wicka, from Proto-West Germanic *wikkjā, from Latin vicia, from Middle Low German Wicke.
Wick (Luxembourgish): wick; fuse, cord; drift, bank
Definitions
- wick; fuse, cord; drift, bank
Ancestry of “Wick”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | wicke | — |
| 2 | Old High German | wicka | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *wikkjā | — |
| 4 | Latin | vicia | vetch |
| 5 | Middle Low German | Wicke | — |
Words derived from “Wick”