Where does “*wikka” come from?
*wikka (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *wikkjā, from Latin vicia, from Middle Low German Wicke.
Ancestry of “*wikka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | *wikkjā | — |
| 2 | Latin | vicia | vetch |
| 3 | Middle Low German | Wicke | — |