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”), 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