Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *wakwaz. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wegʷ-.

Adjective edit

vǫkr

  1. moist, wet

Declension edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Icelandic: vökur
  • Middle English: *wok, *wak, weke (wet)

References edit

  • vökr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.