wicket

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*wīkwaną“to yield, bend, turn”
2. Old Norse · derived fromvíkjask“to move oneself, move around”
3. Old Northern French · derived fromwiket
4. Middle English · inherited fromwiket
5. English todaywicket

From Middle English wiket, from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French wiket, from Old East Old Norse víkjask (“to move oneself, move around”), reflexive of víkja, víkva, ýkva (“to yield, turn, move, go”), from Proto-Germanic *wīkwaną (“to yield, bend, turn”). Compare modern French guichet, ultimately from the same Old Norse source.

Words from the same roots