wjuk

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West Frisian

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Etymology

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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

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wjuk c (plural wjukken, diminutive wjukje)

  1. wing
    Synonym: flerk
  2. blade of a windmill

Further reading

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  • “wjuk (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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