Wick

From Old Norse vík (“bay, inlet”).

Wick

1. A town in north-eastern Caithness, Scotland.

From Old English wīc (“dairy farm”).

Wick

1. A village in Dorset, England.
2. A village in Gloucestershire, England.
3. A village in West Sussex, England.
4. A village in Worcestershire, England.

• KWIC

• IPA^(key): /vik/

From northern Middle High German wieke, which may be an unshifted relict variant of wieche, from Old High German wiohha (*wioka), or alternatively a merger of the former with related Middle High German wicke. Both pertain to Luxembourgish wéckelen (“to wind”). Middle High German wieche is cognate with obsolete German Wieche, Dutch wiek, Danish væge, Old English wēoce. Middle High German wicke is cognate with Old English wecca, whence English wick.

• Wéik, Wéck (dialectal)

Wick f (plural Wicken)

1. wick
2. fuse, cord
3. drift, bank
4. (slang) joint (cannabis cigarette)

• Schnéiwick (“snowdrift”)

From Middle High German wicke, from Old High German wicka, a borrowing from Latin vicia. The Luxembourgish -i- (instead of regular -é- or -a-) must be due to influence by either etymology 1 or the German cognate Wicke. Also cognate with Dutch wikke, English vetch.

• Wéck (dialectal)

Wick f (plural Wicken)

1. vetch