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Proto-Germanic: *wakwa-, *wakwian- vb., *wakwō(n)
Meaning: wet, open water
Old Norse: vɔk-r `feucht'; vɔkvi m., vɔkva f. `Nässe', vɔk f. `Eisloch, Wake'; vekja, vekva, vökva (ONorw väkkia) wk. `Blut fliessen lassen'
Norwegian: dial. vekkja `Loch ins Eis hauen'
Swedish: vak `Eisloch'
Danish: väkkja `Loch ins Eis hauen'; vɔge `Eisloch'
Middle Dutch: wac
Dutch: wak
Middle Low German: wake f. `Loch im Eise, offenes Wasser im Eise'
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Proto-IE: *wogʷ-
Meaning: wet
Tokharian: B wkanmo 'drinking' (Adams 614)
Old Indian: ukṣáti, -te `to sprinkle, moisten, wet'
Avestan: vaxš- 'sprühen (vom Wasser und Feuer)', prs. uxša-, vaxšya-, uxšya-
Old Greek: hügró- `nass, feucht, wässerig, flüssig; weich, schlaff, geschmeidig'
Latin: ūvēns `feucht, nass', ūvidus, -a `feucht, nass', uvēscō `nas werden', ūvor, -ōris m. `Feuchtigkeit, Nässe'; ūmeō `feucht sein', ūmidus, -a `feucht', ūmor, -ōris m. `Feuchtigkeit'
Celtic: *u̯oglo- > OIr fūal, gen. fūail `urina'
Russ. meaning: мокрый
References: WP I 248 f
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