köken: Inherited from Middle French digue, from Old French dike, diic, from Middle Dutch dijc (compare modern Dutch dijk), from Old Dutch diic, dīc, from Frankish *dīk, from Proto-Germanic *dīkaz (“pool”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to stick, stab, pierce, dig”). More at dig, dike, ditch.
köken: Learnedly, from Ancient Greek ἀποβάθρα (apobáthra). απο- (apo-) from ἀπό (apó, “from”) + βαθρ- + suffix -α (-a) from the ancient βάθρον n (báthron, “pedestal, podium”), βα- stem from verb βαίνω (baínō).
a relatively small pier (supported on piles or cribs, or floating on pontoons) used for mooring small boats or for bathing; a jetty, a pier, a dock · a ferry stop (intended for pedestrians and bicycles) · a bridge
çekim: çoğul bryggor · tamlayan bryggas
köken: From Old Swedish bryggia, from Old Norse bryggja, from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerw-, *bʰrēw-.
barrage, dyke, embankment, floodbank, levee, stopbank (embankment to prevent inundation) · causeway · cofferdam (empty space that acts as a protective barrier between two floors or bulkheads on a ship)
çekim: çoğul groble · tamlayan grobli
eş: koferdam
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *grobja Polish grobla Inherited from Proto-Slavic *grobja.
dam (a structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow or part of the flow) · impediment, obstacle · hurdle (an artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race)
çekim: çoğul gátak
köken: Borrowed from a South Slavic language, e.g. Serbo-Croatian gat, or from Slovak hať. Ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *gatь (“dike”).