different between tyke vs wyke

English

Alternative forms

• tike

Etymology

From Middle English tike, tyke, from Old Norse tík (“bitch”). Compare modern Icelandic tík (“bitch, female dog”), Faroese tík (“bitch, female dog”), Swedish tik (“bitch, female dog”). For sense 5, early 20th century: alteration of Taig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta?k/
• Rhymes: -a?k

Noun

tyke (plural tykes)

1. (dialectal) A mongrel dog.
2. (colloquial) A small child, especially a cheeky or mischievous one
   1. (Canada) An initiation level of sports competition for young children (Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. (dated, chiefly Britain) A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
   • 1900, Joseph Conrad, Lord Him, ch 5:

     Why, the inquiry thing, the yellow-dog thing—you wouldn’t think a mangy, native tyke would be allowed to trip up people in the verandah of a magistrate’s court, would you?

4. (Britain, informal) A person from Yorkshire; a Yorkshireman or Yorkshirewoman
5. (Australia, New Zealand, informal, derogatory) A Roman Catholic

Synonyms

• (mongrel dog): mongrel, mutt
• (slang: small child): ankle-biter, nipper, tot

Related terms

• Tyke

Translations

References

“tyke”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000

Anagrams

• Kyte, kyte, tyek

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English wicce.

Adjective

wyke

1. Alternative form of wikke

Etymology 2

From Old English wicu.

Noun

wyke

1. Alternative form of weke (“week”)