wye

Meanings

Noun

• A Y-shaped object: a wye level, wye-connected. Especially a Y-shaped connection of three sections of road or railroad track.
• A warrior or fighter.
• A hero; a man, person.

Verb

• To reverse the direction of a train using a wye.

Origin

• Attested as wi c. 1200. Of uncertain origin. Perhaps cognate with Old French ui or gui. However Old Irish had a glyph, a u with an i underneath it, and pronounced wye.
• Old English wiga.