Wick

From Old Norse vík (“bay, inlet”), from Proto-Germanic *wīkō.

Wick

1. A town in north-eastern Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND3650).

From Old English wīc (“dairy farm”).

Wick (countable and uncountable, plural Wicks)

1. A placename
   1. A village in Dorset, England.
   2. A village in Wick and Abson parish, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7072).
   3. A village in West Sussex, England.
   4. A village in Worcestershire, England.
2. (countable) A surname from Old English.

• Shawswick
• Wick St Lawrence

• Cwik, 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