Where does “week” come from?

week (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch wēke, from Old Dutch *wica, from Proto-West Germanic wikā, from Proto-Germanic wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European weyg- — to bend, wind, turn, yield; to wind, bend; to...

week (Dutch): week; soft, tender, fragile; weak, gentle,...

Definitions

  1. week; soft, tender, fragile; weak, gentle,...

Ancestry of “week”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchwēkeweek
2Old Dutch*wicaweek
3Proto-West Germanicwikāweek
4Proto-Germanicwikǭsequence; week
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweyg-to bend, wind, turn, yield; to wind, bend; to...

Words derived from “week

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyg-