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wak.

a hole in ice (on the surface of a body of water)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʋɑk/
  1. a hole in ice (on the surface of a body of water)

    neuter
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch wac. Related to wake, from Old Dutch *waka, from Proto-Germanic *wakwō. Probably not identical to this form, however, as both the gender and formation are different: wake and its cognates are feminine ō-stems, while wac is a neuter a-stem. It would therefore have to derive from Proto-Germanic *wakwą, but this form has no other known descendants. Cognate with Middle Low German wake (German Wake), Old Norse vǫk (Icelandic vök, Swedish vak).

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