Etymograph

English

guichet

Guichet comes from French guichet ‘(small) door, gate’, from Old Norse vík ‘bay’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- ‘to bend, curve’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyg-1‘to bend, curve’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*wīkō2as *wīks‘bay, inlet, fjord’reconstructed
  3. Old Norsec. 800–1350vík3‘bay’
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentguichet4‘(small) door, gate’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1860guichet4

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Germanic *wīkō
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Old Norse vík
  3. 3 Wiktionary, French guichet
  4. 4 Wiktionary, English guichet
  5. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1860, Horace Marryat, A Residence in Jutland: “The door was walled up, his food passed through…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyg-Wiktionary, Proto-Germanic *wīkō‘to bend, curve’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*wīkōWiktionary, Old Norse víkas *wīks‘bay, inlet, fjord’reconstructed
  3. Old Norsec. 800–1350víkWiktionary, French guichet‘bay’
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentguichetWiktionary, English guichet‘(small) door, gate’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1860guichetWiktionary, English guichet. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1860, Horace Marryat, A Residence in Jutland: “The door was walled up, his food passed through…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *weyg- ‘to bend, curve’

week, weak, 1 more

through Old Norse vík ‘bay’

wick

Today it means

noun A small hatch or grill.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “guichet”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Germanic *wīkō, Old Norse vík, French guichet. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weyg- / guichet

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