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

  1. wick; fuse, cord; drift, bank

Ancestry of “Wick”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanwicke—
2Old High Germanwicka—
3Proto-West Germanic*wikkjāvetch
4Latinviciavetch
5Middle Low GermanWicke—

Words derived from “Wick”

Every word from Middle Low German Wicke →Every word from Latin vicia →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *wikkjā →
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