Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗Of a material (especially a textile): to convey or draw off (liquid) by capillary action. · Of a material: to convey or draw off liquid by capillary action. · Chiefly followed by through or up: of a liquid: to move by capillary action through a porous material.
The noun is derived from Middle English wek, weke, wicke (“fibrous cord drawing fuel to flame of a candle, etc.; material used to make this object”), from Old English wēoce (“wick”), from Proto-West Germanic *weukā (“flax bundle; wick”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *weg- (“to weave”). It has been suggested that noun etymology 1, noun sense 2 (“penis”) is derived from Hampton Wick, used as rhyming slang for prick. If so, that sense should be placed under etymology 2. The verb is derived from the noun. cognates * Dutch wiek (“wick; wing; blade, propeller”) * German Wieche (“wick; wisp”) * Swedish veke (“wick”) * West Frisian wjok, wjuk (“wing”)
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- Root classification mention*weg-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionwekenm
- Inherited-form mentionwēoceang · wick
- Inherited-form mention*weukāgmw-pro · flax bundle; wick
- Inherited-form mention*weg-ine-pro · to weave
- Cognate mentionwieknl · wick; wing; blade, propeller
- Cognate mentionWiechede · wick; wisp
- Cognate mentionvekesv · wick
- Cognate mentionwjokfy
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