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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)
- wing
- Synonym: flerk
- blade of a windmill
Further reading
- “wjuk (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011