witch
Scots
noun
Definitions
- witch; a person, chiefly a woman, skilled in sorcery
- (transferred) various animals, insects and objects in some way associated with witches
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English wicche inherited from Old English ƿicce, wiċċe (sorceress, witch) derived from Proto-Germanic *wikkōną derived from Proto-Indo-European *wik-néh₂-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wik-néh₂-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- witch English
- victima Latin
- victimarius Latin
- vittima Italian
- wikken Dutch, Flemish
- victime French
- víctima Spanish, Castilian
- *weyk- Proto-Indo-European
- *wik-néh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- vítima Portuguese
- *wikkōną Proto-Germanic
- wiċċe Old English
- ƿicce, wiċċe Old English
- wicche Middle English
- wicchecraft Middle English
- víctima Catalan, Valencian
- vítima Galician
- wicken Middle Dutch
- victime Middle French
- victima Occitan
- witcherie Scots
- Wicker Low German
- wicken Low German