wicca

See also: Wicca

Finnish

Etymology

From English Wicca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwikːɑ/, [ˈwikːɑ̝]

Noun

wicca

1. Wicca (neo-pagan religion)
2. Wiccan (follower of this religion)

Declension

Inflection of wicca (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		wicca	wiccat
genitive		wiccan	wiccojen
partitive		wiccaa	wiccoja
illative		wiccaan	wiccoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		wicca	wiccat
accusative	nom.	wicca	wiccat
	gen.	wiccan
genitive		wiccan	wiccojen wiccainrare
partitive		wiccaa	wiccoja
inessive		wiccassa	wiccoissa
elative		wiccasta	wiccoista
illative		wiccaan	wiccoihin
adessive		wiccalla	wiccoilla
ablative		wiccalta	wiccoilta
allative		wiccalle	wiccoille
essive		wiccana	wiccoina
translative		wiccaksi	wiccoiksi
abessive		wiccatta	wiccoitta
instructive		—	wiccoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of wicca (type kala)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative wiccani wiccani accusative nom. wiccani wiccani gen. wiccani genitive wiccani wiccojeni wiccainirare partitive wiccaani wiccojani inessive wiccassani wiccoissani elative wiccastani wiccoistani illative wiccaani wiccoihini adessive wiccallani wiccoillani ablative wiccaltani wiccoiltani allative wiccalleni wiccoilleni essive wiccanani wiccoinani translative wiccakseni wiccoikseni abessive wiccattani wiccoittani instructive — — comitative — wiccoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative wiccasi wiccasi accusative nom. wiccasi wiccasi gen. wiccasi genitive wiccasi wiccojesi wiccaisirare partitive wiccaasi wiccojasi inessive wiccassasi wiccoissasi elative wiccastasi wiccoistasi illative wiccaasi wiccoihisi adessive wiccallasi wiccoillasi ablative wiccaltasi wiccoiltasi allative wiccallesi wiccoillesi essive wiccanasi wiccoinasi translative wiccaksesi wiccoiksesi abessive wiccattasi wiccoittasi instructive — — comitative — wiccoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative wiccamme wiccamme accusative nom. wiccamme wiccamme gen. wiccamme genitive wiccamme wiccojemme wiccaimmerare partitive wiccaamme wiccojamme inessive wiccassamme wiccoissamme elative wiccastamme wiccoistamme illative wiccaamme wiccoihimme adessive wiccallamme wiccoillamme ablative wiccaltamme wiccoiltamme allative wiccallemme wiccoillemme essive wiccanamme wiccoinamme translative wiccaksemme wiccoiksemme abessive wiccattamme wiccoittamme instructive — — comitative — wiccoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative wiccanne wiccanne accusative nom. wiccanne wiccanne gen. wiccanne genitive wiccanne wiccojenne wiccainnerare partitive wiccaanne wiccojanne inessive wiccassanne wiccoissanne elative wiccastanne wiccoistanne illative wiccaanne wiccoihinne adessive wiccallanne wiccoillanne ablative wiccaltanne wiccoiltanne allative wiccallenne wiccoillenne essive wiccananne wiccoinanne translative wiccaksenne wiccoiksenne abessive wiccattanne wiccoittanne instructive — — comitative — wiccoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative wiccansa wiccansa accusative nom. wiccansa wiccansa gen. wiccansa genitive wiccansa wiccojensa wiccainsarare partitive wiccaansa wiccojaan wiccojansa inessive wiccassaan wiccassansa wiccoissaan wiccoissansa elative wiccastaan wiccastansa wiccoistaan wiccoistansa illative wiccaansa wiccoihinsa adessive wiccallaan wiccallansa wiccoillaan wiccoillansa ablative wiccaltaan wiccaltansa wiccoiltaan wiccoiltansa allative wiccalleen wiccallensa wiccoilleen wiccoillensa essive wiccanaan wiccanansa wiccoinaan wiccoinansa translative wiccakseen wiccaksensa wiccoikseen wiccoiksensa abessive wiccattaan wiccattansa wiccoittaan wiccoittansa instructive — — comitative — wiccoineen wiccoinensa

Synonyms

• (religion): wicca-uskonto, wiccalaisuus
• (follower): wiccalainen

Derived terms

• wiccalainen
• wiccalaisuus

Italian

Noun

wicca f (invariable)

1. Wicca

Related terms

• wiccano

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wikkô (“necromancer, sorcerer”).

Further etymology uncertain; apparently from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“separate, divide”), conjectured to be because of early Germanic divinatory practices to do with casting lots (cleromancy).

The exact etymology is problematic. R. Lühr (Expressivität und Lautgesetz im Germanischen, Heidelberg (1988), p. 354) connects wigol "prophetic, mantic", wīglian "to practice divination" (Middle Low German wichelen (“bewitch”) and suggests Proto-Germanic *wigōn, via Kluge's law becoming *wikkōn. The basic form would then be the feminine, wicce /ˈwɪt͡ʃe/, from *wikkæ, from *wikkōn with palatalization due to the preceding i and the following *æ, from *ōn. The palatal -cc- /t͡ʃ/ in wicca would then be analogous to the feminine.

An alternative possibility is to derive the palatal /t͡ʃ/ directly from the verb wiccian, from *wikkija (OED, s.v. witch). Lühr conversely favours derivation of this verb from the noun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwit.t͡ʃɑ/

Noun

wiċċa m

1. wizard, sorcerer, magician, druid, necromancer
   • c. 890, Ælfred, Domboc, Prologue

     Ða fæmnan þe gewuniað onfon gealdorcræftigan ⁊ scinlæcan ⁊ wiccan, ne læt þu ða libban.

     Women who are accustomed to receiving enchanters and sorceresses and witches, do not let them live.

Declension

Declension of wicca (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	wiċċa	wiċċan
accusative	wiċċan	wiċċan
genitive	wiċċan	wiċċena
dative	wiċċan	wiċċum

Derived terms

• wiċċe f

Descendants

• Middle English: wicche; wikke, wikked
  • English: witch; Wicca (borrowing), wicked
  • Scots: wich; wicked, wicket