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I agree. Also, in Denmark and today's Northern Germany, Wik is used in particular to designate places where boats could be beached and where trade was conducte
by pm3003 3y ago
I agree.
Also, in Denmark and today's Northern Germany, Wik is used in particular to designate places where boats could be beached and where trade was conducted in a non permanent fashion, i.e. a beaching harbour used for trade events.
Quite a few of those places became permanent settlements and the toponymy kept the -wik.
While a very unscientific thing to say, this makes sense if Viking included sailing from place to place exploring and trading.
- coxmi 3y agoIt's the same in Middle English (-wic), which is still present in the names of old market towns by rivers like Greenwich or the street name Aldwych (i.e. something like "old village") in London.