English Explanatory Dictionary

-wich

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Village; settlement; hamlet; trading centre.
suffix
  1. Brine spring; well.
suffix
  1. Sandwich.

Word forms

-wich -wick

Etymology

From Middle English wic, from Old English wīc (“abode, dwelling-place”), an early borrowing from Latin vīcus (“village”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- (“village, household”). Latin cognate to Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃 (weihs), Old High German weihs (“village, settlement”), from Proto-Germanic *wīhsą (“village, settlement”) of the same Proto-Indo-European root. Cognate to Dutch wijk (“neighbourhood”), and may replace it in borrowings. A related form with similar origin is Icelandic vík.

Related words

wick villa village

Derived words

Alnwich Cranwich Greenwich Harwich Ipswich Middlewich Nantwich Northwich Norwich Prestwich Sandwich Woolwich bagelwich biscuitwich breadwich butterwich clamwich fishwich meatwich pizzawich potatowich shrimpwich tunawich
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