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Subject: Indo-European root of the word "witch"
Here is the complete expansion of the Indo-European root of the word
"witch", from THE AMERICAN HERITAGE DICTIONARY OF INDO-EUROPEAN
ROOTS,
revised & edited by Calvert Watkins (Houghton Mifflin Co.: B
oston,
1985; ISBN 0-395-36070-6):
WEIK- [1]. Clan (social unit above the household). 1. Suffixe
d form
*WEIK- SLA in Latin VILLA, country house, farm: VILLA, VI
LLAGE,
VILLAIN, VILLANELLE, (VILLEIN); (BIDONVILLE). 2. Suffixed o
-grade
form *WOIK-O in: a. Latin VICUS, quarter or district of a
town,
neighborhood: (VICINAGE), VICINITY; b. Greek OIKOS, house, a
nd its
derivativ e OIKIA, dwelling: ANDROECIUM, AUTOECIOUS, DI
OCESE,
DIOECIOUS, DIOICOUS, ECESIS, ECOLOGY, ECONOMY, ECUMENICAL,
HETEROECIOUS, MONOECIOUS, PARISH, TRIOUECIOUS. 3. Zero-grade
from
*WIK- in Sanskrit VIS- dwelling, house, with derivative VA
ISYAH,
settler: VAISYA.
WEIK- [2]. In words connectid with magic and religious notio
ns (in
Germanic and Latin). 1. Germanic suffixed form *WIH-L- in Old E
nglish
WIGLE, divination, sorcery, akin to the Germanic source of Old
French
GUILE, cunning trickery: GUILE. 2. Germanic expressive form
*WIKK-
in: a. Old English WICCA, wizard, and WICCE, witch: WITCH;
b. Old
English WICCIAN, to cast a spell: BEWITCH. 3. Possible su
ffixed
zero-grade form *WIK-T-IMA in latin VICTIMA, animal used as sacr
ifice,
victim (although this may belong to another root *[SHWA]WE
K- not
otherwise represented in English): VICTIM.
WEIK- [3]. To be like. 1. Suffixed variant form *EIK-ON- in
Greek
EIKON, likeness, image: ICON, (ICONIC), ICONO-; ANISEIKONIA
. 2.
Prefixed and suffixed zero-grade form *N-WIK-ES, not like (*N-,
not),
in greek AIKES, unseemly: AECIUM.
WEIK- [4]. Also WEIG-. To bend, wind. I. Form WEIG-. 1. Ge
rmanic
*WIK- in: a. Old English WICE, wych elm (having pliant branches)
: WYCH
ELM; b. Swedish VIKER, willow twig, wand, akin to the Scandi
navian
source of Middle English WIKER, wicker: WICKER; c. Old Norse vik
ja, to
bend, turn, probably akin to the Scandinavian source of Old
Nort h
French WIKET, wicket (< "door that turns?): WICKET. 2. Ge
rmanic
*WAIKWAZ in: a. Old Norse VEIKR, pliant: WEAK; b. Dutch WEEK,
weak,
soft: WEAKFISH. 3. Germanic *WIKON-, "a turning," series, in Ol
d
English WICU, WICE, week: WEEK. II. Form *WEIK-. Zero-grad
e form
*WIK- in: a. Latin VIX (genetive VICUS), turn, situation, c
hange:
VICAR (VICARIOUS), VICE[3]; VICISSITUDE; b. Latin VICIA, vet
ch (<
"twining plant"): VETCH.
WEIK- [5]. To fight, conquer. 1. Germanic *WIK- in Old Norse
VIGR,
able in battle: WIGHT[2]. 2. Nasalized zero-grade form *WI-N
-K- in
Latrin VINCERE (past participle VICTUS), to conquer: VANQUISH, V
ICTOR,
VINCIBLE; CONVINCE, EVICT.
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