wjuk

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *wiūke, from Proto-West Germanic *weukā (“bundle of flax, tow, plug, braid, fuse, wick”), related to Saterland Frisian Juke, Juuk (“wing, swinging arm, pinion”), East Frisian Low German jûuk, tjûuk (“wing”), Dutch wiek (“wing”), Old English wēoce (whence English wick).

Noun

wjuk c (plural wjukken, diminutive wjukje)

  1. wing
    Synonym: flerk
  2. blade of a windmill

Further reading

  • “wjuk (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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