dijk

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch dijc, from Old Dutch dīc, from Proto-West Germanic *dīk, from Proto-Germanic *dīkaz (compare German Teich and Deich, West Frisian dyk, English ditch, Icelandic díki), from Proto-Indo-European *dheigʷ. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dɛi̯k/ Hyphenation: dijk Rhymes: -ɛi̯k === Noun === dijk m (plural dijken, diminutive dijkje n) dike, levee Synonym: wal Coordinate term: dam ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: dyk → Papiamentu: dijk === Further reading === dijk on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl