*wīkō

Runic: ᚹᛁᚲᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈwiː.kɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

bay, inlet, fjord

From Proto-Indo-European *weyg-, *weyk- (‘to bend, curve’), perhaps from earlier *wīks.

*wīku (Proto-West Germanic)
- wīc (Old English)
*wīku (Proto-West Germanic)
- *wīk (Old Dutch)
  - wijc, wijk (Middle Dutch)
    - wijk (Dutch)
*wīku (Proto-West Germanic)
- wīk (Old Frisian)
  - Wieke (Saterland Frisian)
  - wyk (West Frisian)
*wīku (Proto-West Germanic)
- *wīka, *wīk (Old Saxon)
  - wîk, wike (Middle Low German)
    - Wieke, Wiek (German Low German)
*wīk (Proto-West Germanic)
- wīc (Old English)
*wīk (Proto-West Germanic)
- *wīk (Old Dutch)
  - wijc, wijk (Middle Dutch)
    - wijk (Dutch)
*wīk (Proto-West Germanic)
- wīk (Old Frisian)
  - Wieke (Saterland Frisian)
  - wyk (West Frisian)
*wīk (Proto-West Germanic)
- *wīka, *wīk (Old Saxon)
  - wîk, wike (Middle Low German)
    - Wieke, Wiek (German Low German)
vík (Old Norse)
- vig (Danish)
- vík (Faroese)
- vike, vika (Gutnish)
- vík (Icelandic)
- vik (Norn)
- vik (Norwegian Bokmål)
- vik (Norwegian Nynorsk)
- vik (Swedish)
vík (Old Norse)
- *wik (Middle English)
  - wick (English)
vík (Old Norse)
- *wik (Middle English)
  - weike (Early Scots)
    - wick (Scots)