wak

a hole in ice (on the surface of a body of water)

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʋɑk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: wac

Cognate with Old Dutch: *waka

Cognate with Middle Low German: wake

In summary

From Middle Dutch wac. Related to wake, from Old Dutch *waka, from Proto-Germanic *wakwō. Probably not identical to this form, however, as both the gender and formation are different: wake and its cognates are feminine ō-stems, while wac is a neuter a-stem. It would therefore have to derive from Proto-Germanic *wakwą, but this form has no other known descendants.
Cognate with Middle Low German wake (German Wake), Old Norse vǫk (Icelandic vök, Swedish vak).

Concepts

air hole

blowhole

ice hole

Synonyms

bijt

Translations

Wake

aglou