weaky
English
adj
Definitions
- (UK) Moist; damp; clammy.
- (UK) Juicy; mellow.
- (UK) Watery.
- (UK) Pliant; soft.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English *weke derived from Old Norse vǫkr (moist, damp, wet, id), vǫkvi derived from Proto-Germanic *wakwaz (moist) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wegʷ- (wet, moist, ox, irrigate).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wegʷ-
Gloss
wet, moist, ox, irrigate
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
潤
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- humid English
- humidification English
- humidify English
- humidistat English
- humidly English
- humidness English
- hyperhumid English
- semihumid English
- subhumid English
- superhumid English
- weakiness English
- humidus Latin
- umeo Latin
- umidus Latin
- umor Latin
- uvidus Latin
- ūmeō Latin
- wak Dutch, Flemish
- windwak Dutch, Flemish
- ὑγρός Ancient Greek
- *wegʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *wakwaz Proto-Germanic
- *wakwō Proto-Germanic
- vak Swedish
- *weke Middle English
- vǫk Old Norse
- vǫkr Old Norse
- vǫkvi Old Norse
- humide Old French
- wac Middle Dutch
- *wāgā Proto-Albanian