Wicks - The word wick comes from Old English "weyke or wicke", Anglo Saxon "wecca", and Germanic "wieche or wicke".
It is a name for a bundle of fibres that when braided or twisted together are used to draw oil or wax up into a flame to be burned in a lamp or candle.
The earliest known candles were basically a wick-like material coated with tallow or beeswax.