-wik

-wik (and variants) is a German and Scandinavian place name ending.

meaning

The place-name ending -wik , -wyk , -wig , -vik or -wiek ; Danish -vig means:

in the former North Germanic language area ' Bucht ' or ' Meerbusen '
In the Low German language area, the ending stands for ' fence ' in the sense of a fenced area. With the meaning of 'fencing', 'fortification', Wik already occurs in Heliand . It referred fenced or paved areas from the sheep pen on (general) settlement to the city .
Towards the southwest it finds support in the Latin vicus 'village' and after its contact with Roman culture it primarily stands for settlements. The form of settlement (der) Weich has been preserved in some place names or in its legal status as a minority town in Weichbild (in Westphalia in the old name Wigbold ).

Both the Latin vicus "village" and the Germanic ending -wik meaning "fenced settlement" come from the Indo-European root * u̯eik- , * u̯ik- , * u̯oiko- "house, settlement".

Settlement names to 'fenced' or 'village'

Almsick (of Almeswik) peasantry east of Stadtlohn in Münsterland
Altewiek , one of the five soft patches in the city of Braunschweig
Braunschweig (from Bruneswik, see interpretation of the city name )
Gippeswyk Park , in England
Herrenwyk , district of Lübeck , on the Trave between Lübeck and Travemünde
about 1000 other place names in northwest Germany, the Netherlands and England (such as Ipswich )
Katwijk and Winterswijk in the Netherlands
Kettwig , a district of Essen on the Ruhr
Kiel-Wik , one of the largest districts of the city of Kiel
Osterwieck , town on the Great Fallstein in the Harz district , Saxony-Anhalt
Radewig , a district of Herford
several Sudwik , Nordwik , Ost (er) - and West (er) wik;
Wyk auf Föhr , capital of the North Frisian island
Schleswig , town on the Schlei , approx. 30 km from the Baltic Sea
Vollerwiek , at the mouth of the Eider

Kattwyk , near Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg on the Süderelbe

Bardowick , north of Lüneburg on the Ilmenau

Wieck , on the Darß , on the Bodstedter Bodden

Gützkow -Wieck, district of Gützkow, 20 km south of Greifswald an der Peene

Mursewiek , on the road to the island of Ummanz on Rügen

Ralswiek , municipality of Rügen on the Great Jasmunder Bodden

Wiek , municipality of Rügen am Wieker Bodden on the Wittow peninsula

Water body names and place names for 'Bay'

Road sign to Mürwik

Wiek as part of the name of inland or outer bays on the southern Baltic Sea coast:

Danish Wiek - Bay of the Greifswalder Bodden at the Ryck estuary

Eggers Wiek - a small bay northwest of Wismar

Großendorfer Wiek - small bay on the southwest coast of Fehmarn within the Orther roadstead

Hagensche Wiek - Bay on the west coast of the heavily indented Mönchgut peninsula on Rügen

Krumminer Wiek - inland bay of the Peene River on the west side of Usedom

Lemkenhafener Wiek - small bay on the southwest coast of Fehmarn within the Orther roadstead

Neuendorfer Wiek - Bay in the northwest of Ruegen

Pötenitzer Wiek - Bay just before the mouth of the Trave

Prohner Wiek - Bay on the west side of the northern Strelasund

Prorer Wiek - outer bay of the Baltic Sea on the east coast of Rügen

Putziger Wiek ( Zatoka Pucka ) - northwestern part of the Gdańsk Bay , separated from the Baltic Sea by the Putziger Spit

Schoritzer Wiek - Bay in the northwestern part of the Greifswald Bodden between Rügen and the Zudar peninsula

Spandowerhagener Wiek - semicircular bay between the Struck peninsula and the mainland or left bulge of the Peenestrom - mouth opposite the north side of the island of Usedom

Tromper Wiek - outer bay of the Baltic Sea between the Rügen peninsulas Wittow and Jasmund

Udarser Wiek - Bay between the northern part of the island Ummanz and Rügen

Wohlenberger Wiek - Bay in the southwest of the Wismar Bay, north of Grevesmühlen and east of Boltenhagen

White Wiek Bay in the east of Boltenhagen

Wamper Wiek , in the south of the island of Rügen opposite the Hanseatic city of Stralsund

Gustower Wiek , in the south of the island of Rügen

Glewitzer Wiek , on the Zudar peninsula on Rügen

Puddeminer Wiek , on the Zudar peninsula on Rügen

Gristower Wiek , wedge-shaped bay on the southwestern Greifswalder Bodden , approx. 8 km north of Greifswald , see Mesekenhagen

Große Wiek , on the Zingst peninsula

Kleine Wiek , on the Zingst peninsula

Große Wiek , between the island of Poel and the Salzhaff

Schlutuper Wiek , on the Trave between Lübeck and Travemünde

Große Holzwiek , on the Trave between Lübeck and Travemünde

Kleine Holzwiek , on the Trave between Lübeck and Travemünde

Teschower Wiek , on the Trave between Lübeck and Travemünde

Sulsdorfer Wiek , near Sulsdorf on the island of Fehmarn

Gollendorfer Wiek , near Gollendorf on the island of Fehmarn

Bockholmwik , near Glücksburg on the Flensburg Fjord

Mürwik , a district of Flensburg

Meierwik , northeast of Flensburg, merged with Mürwik's Solitüde district

Sandwig , part of Glücksburg, approx. 8 km northeast of Flensburg-Mürwik

The meaning "bay" has the ending in:

Helguvík (Iceland);
Keflavík (Iceland): "Driftwood Bay";
Kopervik (Norway);
Reykjavík (Iceland): "Smoke Bay";
Schleswig : "Schleibucht";
Västervik (Sweden);
Lemvig (Denmark)

literature

Friedrich Baron von Meiningen: Introduction to the German language history . 1823
Harald Krause: Wiek and Wikinger - origin and development of shipping and maritime terms used by seafarers in the extended Baltic Sea area . In: Bull and Griffin . Sheets on the cultural and regional history in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . Year 19, Schwerin 2009, pp. 10-21 (H. Krause determined a total of 46 cows and places ending with wieck , wick , wik , wyk or wig on the German Baltic Sea coast .)

Web links

Wiktionary: -wik - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Wiktionary: Wik - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Wiktionary: Wiek - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

↑ Julius Pokorny: Indo-European Etymological Dictionary , Vol. 1, Bern 1959, p. 1131.

[1] Julius Pokorny: Indo-European Etymological Dictionary , Vol. 1, Bern 1959, p. 1131.