weaky

Meaning

1. Moist; damp; clammy.
2. Juicy; mellow.
3. Watery.
4. Pliant; soft.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: *weke

Cognate with Scots: wak

Cognate with Middle Dutch: wac

Cognate with Dutch: wak

Cognate with Middle Low German: wake

Cognate with Swedish: vak

Cognate with Icelandic: vökur

Cognate with Icelandic: vökvi

Cognate with Latin: ūmeō

In summary

From English dialectal *weak (“moist, moisture”) + -y. *Weak derives from Middle English *weke, *wak, *wok, from Old Norse vǫkr (“moist, damp, wet”) and Old Norse vǫkvi, vǫkva (“moisture, juice”), from Proto-Germanic *wakwaz (“moist”) and *wakwô, *wakwijô (“moisture, wetness, open water, icehole”), from Proto-Indo-European *wegʷ- (“wet”). Cognate with Scots wak, wakke, waik (“moist, damp, wet", also "moisture, wetness”), Middle Dutch wac (“flexible, liquid, moist, soft”), Modern Dutch wak (“ice-hole, blowhole”), Middle Low German wake (“hole in the ice, open water in the ice”), Swedish vak (“hole in the ice”), Icelandic vökur (“moist”), Icelandic vökvi, vökva (“fluid”), Latin ūmeō (“be wet, moist, damp”, verb). Compare also voky, woky.