different between dwelling vs wike

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dw?.l??/
• Rhymes: -?l??

Etymology 1

From Middle English dwelling, duelling (“delay, continuance, abode”). More at dwell.

Noun

dwelling (plural dwellings)

1. A house or place in which a person lives; a habitation, a home.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:abode

Derived terms

• dwellinghouse, dwelling house
• dwelling-place
• lake dwelling (“prehistoric structure”)

Translations

References

• dwelling in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Etymology 2

From dwell +? -ing.

Verb

dwelling

1. present participle of dwell

English

Etymology

From Old English wic. See wick (“village”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?k

Noun

wike (plural wikes)

1. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A home; a dwelling.
2. A temporary mark or boundary, such as a tree bough set up in marking out or dividing anything, such as tithes, swaths to be mowed in shared ground, etc.

Anagrams

• Weik

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English wicce.

Adjective

wike

1. Alternative form of wikke

Etymology 2

From Old English wicu.

Noun

wike

1. Alternative form of weke (“week”)

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian wike, from Proto-West Germanic *wik?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vik?/

Noun

wike c (plural wiken, diminutive wykje)

1. week

Further reading

• “wike (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011