different between weck vs keck

English

Etymology

From German Weck, Wecken (“bread roll”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?k/

Noun

weck (plural wecks)

1. kummelweck bread

Derived terms

• beef on weck

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• wick (some dialects of Ripuarian, including Kölsch)
• weit (Moselle Franconian)
• wiet (westernmost Ripuarian)

Etymology

From Old High German (*)w?d, northern variant of w?t, from Proto-Germanic *w?daz. The word underwent the regular Ripuarian velarisation -?d- ? -igd- ? -eg-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ek/

Adjective

weck (masculine wegge, feminine weck, comparative wegger, superlative et weckste)

1. (some dialects of Ripuarian) far; wide; distant

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?k/
• Homophone: weg

Verb

weck

1. second-person singular imperative of wecken

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Shortened from Middle High German enwec, from Old High German in weg. Compare German weg, Dutch weg, Norwegian Bokmål vekk.

Adverb

weck

1. away

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?k/
• Rhymes: -?k

Etymology 1

Imitative. Compare German köken (“to vomit”).

Verb

keck (third-person singular simple present kecks, present participle kecking, simple past and past participle kecked)

1. (intransitive) To retch or heave as if to vomit.
   • 1728, Jonathan Swift, A Dialogue between Mad Mullinix and Timothy

     The faction (is it not notorious?)>br>Keck at the memory of Glorious:

Derived terms

• keckish

Translations

Etymology 2

Celtic.

Noun

keck (uncountable)

1. (dialectal) The cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris).

Etymology 3

From Manx keck (“shit”)

Noun

keck (uncountable)

1. (Isle of Man) animal dung

References

• 1924, Sophia Morrison, Edmund Goodwin, A vocabulary of the Anglo-Manx dialect (page 98).

German

Etymology

From Middle High German quec, from Old High German quec, from Proto-West Germanic *kwik(k)w, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *g?ih?wós (“alive”).

Doublet of quick, which is from Low German. Cognate with Dutch kwiek, English quick; further with Latin v?vus, Russian ????? (živoj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?k/

Adjective

keck (comparative kecker, superlative am kecksten)

1. sassy; cheeky (bold and spirited)

Declension

Derived terms

• Keckheit

Related terms

• Quecksilber
• quick
• erquicken

Descendants

• Dutch: kek
• Danish: kæk
• Norwegian: kjekk
• Swedish: käck

Further reading

• “keck” in Duden online

Manx

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?k/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cacc (“dung, excrement”), from Proto-Celtic *kakk?, from Proto-Indo-European *kakka- (“to shit”).

Noun

keck m (genitive singular keck, plural keckyn)

1. faeces, excrement, defecation
2. droppings
3. dung, ordure
4. (vulgar) shit, crap

Interjection

keck

1. (vulgar) Shit!, Fuck!, Crap!

Etymology 2

From Old Irish caccaid (“excretes”, verb), from cacc (“dung, excrement”).

Verb

keck (verbal noun keckey, past participle keckit)

1. excrete, defecate
2. (vulgar) shit, crap

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