wick (porous cord that draws up liquid fuel for burning)
çekim: çoğul Dochte · tamlayan Dochtes
köken: From Middle High German tāht, from Old High German tāht, from Proto-Germanic *þanhtu-/*þæhta- (“thread”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to weave”). Cognate with Old Norse þáttr, for which reason the onset t- is an irregular hardening (compare tausend). The modern form is not inherited from literary Middle High German, but from the vernaculars. It has d- due to dialectal High German,…
köken: From Old Japanese 弱し (*yo₁wasi), from Proto-Japonic *yowa-. Although not phonetically attested in Old Japanese texts in man'yōgana, the name of a king varies between 目弱王 in the Kojiki and 眉輪王, read as mayo₁wa-WAU in the Nihon Shoki.
weak; lacking in force or ability · weak; dilute · weak; regular in inflection
çekim: karşılaştırma svagare · üstünlük svagast
zıt: stark
köken: From Middle Low German swak, from Old Saxon *swak, from Proto-West Germanic *swak. Compare with German schwach. The form with -g- is due to Danish influence.
weak, delicate (unable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain) · weak, feeble, frail, faint (lacking in force, strength or ability) · weak, slight, meager (lacking in taste, potency or severity)
çekim: karşılaştırma heikompi · üstünlük heikoin
zıt: vahva, tukeva, luja, vankka, kova, terve
köken: Unknown. Related to Ingrian heikko, Kukkuzi heikko and probably Veps heikembāńe (“weaker”) (South Veps), although such a word is barely attested. Compare also dialectal Estonian äigima (“to die down, subside, weaken”), dialectal Võro heik (“vain”).