A visual exploration of the spatial patterns in endings of German town names

Re:A visual exploration of the spatial patterns in endings o... by mtaksrud on Monday January 11, 2016 @05:06AM (#10879909)

From a Norwegian perspective the Dutch word Wick sounds like the Norwegian word Vik or cove, bay, inlet in English. If you look at the coastal location of these towns that link seems to make some sense.

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Re:A visual exploration of the spatial patterns in endings o... by lucb1e on Monday January 11, 2016 @06:45AM (#10880237)

> the Dutch word Wick

Wick is not a word that I know of, do you mean Wijk (neighborhood)? Like Noordwijk en Katwijk? Because that's almost certainly not related to 'bay'. Many coastal towns are named something with a 'dam' however (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Monnikedam).

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Re:A visual exploration of the spatial patterns in endings o... by emmelaich on Monday January 11, 2016 @06:05PM (#10884317)

Yep, I meant wijk. Not sure what happened there! wick is also used in English.

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Re:A visual exploration of the spatial patterns in endings o... by zeristor on Monday January 11, 2016 @07:38AM (#10880429)

I keep thinking that this is the origin for Vikings. I've pondered over this for ages since half of me comes from the Danish town of Vig; inland now but only after Sidinge fjord was drained for farming.

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