Wecken
German (Berlin)
/ˈvɛkn̩/
noun
Definitions
- (Southern Germany) an oblong wheat roll
- (Austria) oblong wheat bread
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German wecke inherited from Old High German wecki inherited from Proto-Germanic *wagjaz (wedge).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wagjaz
Gloss
wedge
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- crosswedge English
- multiwedge English
- nanowedge English
- wedge English
- wedge-writing English
- wedgeable English
- wedgebill English
- wedgefish English
- wedgelike English
- wedger English
- wedgetail English
- wedgewise English
- wedgie English
- wedgitude English
- wedgy English
- Weck German
- wig Dutch, Flemish
- wigschrift Dutch, Flemish
- *weǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *wagjaz Proto-Germanic
- wecg Old English
- wegge Middle English
- wecki Old High German
- wig Afrikaans
- wecke Middle High German
- *vakja Proto-Finnic
- Weck Pennsylvania German
- Weck Hunsrik