Where does “Halloweekend” come from?
Halloweekend (English) comes from English weekend, from English week, from Middle English wyke, from Old English wīc, from German witz, from Middle High German witz, from Old High German wizzi, from Proto-West Germanic wītī — to see.
Halloweekend (English): The weekend where Halloween falls on a Friday, Saturday, or Sunday
Definitions
- The weekend where Halloween falls on a Friday, Saturday, or Sunday
Ancestry of “Halloweekend”, step by step
Halloweekend traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English weekend
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | weekend | The break in the working week, usually two days... |
| 2 | English | week | Any period of seven consecutive days; A period of... |
| 3 | Middle English | wyke | Alternative form of wikke; Alternative form of... |
| 4 | Old English | wīc | dwelling place, abode; abode, dwelling-place;... |
| 5 | German | witz | joke |
| 6 | Middle High German | witz | — |
| 7 | Old High German | wizzi | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | wītī | punishment |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | witją | knowledge; reason; sense; understanding; wit |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | *witaną | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |
via English halloween
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | halloween | The eve of All Hallows' Day; October 31st; celebrated (mostly in English-speaking countries) by children going door-to-door in costume and soliciting candy with menaces |
| 2 | English | Allhalloweven | — |
| 3 | English | Even | An ethnic Even: a member of an indigenous people... |
| 4 | Middle English | even | smoothly, evenly |
| 5 | Old English | efn | equal, level, even |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | ebn | even, level |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | ebnaz | even, level |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁émnos | equal, straight; flat, level, even |