wijk.
neighborhood
Meaning & usage
neighborhood
district
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch wijc, from Old Dutch *wīk, from Proto-West Germanic *wīk, from Latin vīcus (“hamlet, village, neighborhood”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- (“village, household”). Cognate with English wick, -wich, -wick, German Weich- in dated Weichbild (“municipal area”). Compare Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃 (weihs), from Proto-Germanic *wīhsą (“village, settlement”) of the same Proto-Indo-European root.
secondary canal in a turf extraction area
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch wijc (“canal”), from Old Dutch *wīk, *wīka (in placenames), from Proto-West Germanic *wīku, from Proto-Germanic *wīkō (“inlet, bay”). Related to wijken, wik, Old English wīc, Old Norse vík.
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