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-wich

suffix

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.

  1. derived from *weyḱ-✻ — “village, household”
  2. derived from vīcus — “village”
  3. inherited from wīc — “abode, dwelling-place”
  4. inherited from wic

Definitions

  1. Village

    Village; settlement; hamlet; trading centre.

  2. Brine spring

    Brine spring; well.

  3. Sandwich.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for -wich. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA