waikwaz

waikwaz
s. waika-;

Germanisches Wörterbuch . 2014.

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  • weik- — I. weik 1 Clan (social unit above the household). Oldest form *weik̑ , becoming *weik in centum languages. 1. Suffixed form *weik slā . villa, village, villain, villanelle, villein; bidonville, nasty, from …   Universalium

  • weak — [13] Etymologically, something that is weak is ‘bendable’. The word was borrowed from Old Norse veikr. This was descended from prehistoric Germanic *waikwaz, which also produced German weich and Dutch week ‘soft’. And this in turn was formed from …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • weak — c.1300, from O.N. veikr weak, cognate with O.E. wac weak, pliant, soft, from P.Gmc. *waikwaz yield, *wikanan bend (Cf. O.S. wek, Swed. vek, M.Du. weec, Du. week weak, soft, tender, O.H.G. weih …   Etymology dictionary

  • waika- — *waika , *waikaz, *waikwa , *waikwaz germ., Adjektiv: nhd. weich, schwach; ne. weak; Rekontruktionsbasis: an., ae., mnl., as., ahd.; Vw.: s. * līka ; Etymologie: s. ing …   Germanisches Wörterbuch

  • waikwa- — *waikwa , *waikwaz germ., Adjektiv: Verweis: s. *waika s. waika ; …   Germanisches Wörterbuch

  • weak — [13] Etymologically, something that is weak is ‘bendable’. The word was borrowed from Old Norse veikr. This was descended from prehistoric Germanic *waikwaz, which also produced German weich and Dutch week ‘soft’. And this in turn was formed from …   Word origins

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