Etymology

From English dialectal *weak ‎(“moist, moisture”) +‎ -y. *Weak derives from Middle English *weke, *wak, *wok, from Old Norse vǫkr ‎(“moist, damp, wet”) and Old Norse vǫkvi, vǫkva ‎(“moisture, juice”), from Proto-Germanic *wakwaz ‎(“moist”) and *wakwô, *wakwijô ‎(“moisture, wetness, open water, icehole”), from Proto-Indo-European *wogʷ- ‎(“wet”). Cognate with Scots wak, wakke, waik ‎(“moist, damp, wet", also "moisture, wetness”), Middle Dutch wac ‎(“flexible, liquid, moist, soft”), Modern Dutch wak ‎(“ice-hole, blowhole”), Middle Low German wake ‎(“hole in the ice, open water in the ice”), Swedish vak ‎(“hole in the ice”), Icelandic vökur ‎(“moist”), Icelandic vökvi, vökva ‎(“fluid”), Latin ūmeō ‎(“be wet, moist, damp”, verb). Compare also voky, woky.

Pronunciation

• Homophones: wiki