Where does “weekday” come from?
Weekday comes from Middle English weke-day, combining Middle English weke from Old English wīc, ultimately from Proto-Germanic waikwaz and Proto-Indo-European weg-, with Old English dæġ from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- meaning "to burn" or "heat."
weekday (English): Any individual day of the week, except those...
Definitions
- Any individual day of the week, except those...
Ancestry of “weekday”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | wykeday | A day of the week; a weekday |
| 2 | Middle English | wyke | Alternative form of wikke; Alternative form of... |
| 3 | Old English | wīc | dwelling place, abode; abode, dwelling-place;... |
| 4 | German | witz | joke |
| 5 | Middle High German | witz | — |
| 6 | Old High German | wizzi | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | wītī | punishment |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | witją | knowledge; reason; sense; understanding; wit |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *witaną | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |