a more or less sharp fold (in something soft, like fabric, paper, or skin); a fold, a crease, a pleat, etc. · a fold
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köken: From Old Swedish vik, from Old Norse *vik (“bend, curve”), related to dialectal Norwegian Nynorsk vik, Faroese vik, Icelandic vik. Compare Swedish vika, Old Norse víkva (“to yield, weaken”), vikna (“to give in, bend”).
köken: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vor(p)ska, a derivation from *vorpa, from Proto-Indo-European *werp-, *werb- (“to turn, twist, bend”), see also Ancient Greek ῥέπω (rhépō, “weight”), Lithuanian varpas (“bell”).
köken: The verb was derived from an unattested stem + -r (frequentative suffix). The stem is of unknown origin. It has been proposed to be a borrowing from Oghur (compare Chuvash ҫавӑр (śavăr, “to turn”), ҫаврӑн (śavrăn, “to revolve”), ҫавра (śavra, “round”), Turkish çevirmek (“to turn over”)), although this is considered unlikely. First attested in c. 1456. The noun was created from the verb during the…