-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'
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)
See also
- Vikings # word origin
- Vik (disambiguation)
- Wiek (disambiguation)
- Wiekhaus
- Vig (disambiguation)
- Wyk (disambiguation)
- Wieck (disambiguation)
- Wijk (disambiguation)
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.