Where does “vikuskifti” come from?

vikuskifti (Faroese) comes from Faroese vika, from Old Norse víka, from Proto-Germanic wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European weyg- — to bend, wind, turn, yield; to wind, bend; to...

vikuskifti (Faroese): weekend

Definitions

  1. weekend

Ancestry of “vikuskifti”, step by step

vikuskifti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Faroese vika

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Faroesevikaweek
2Old Norsevíkaweek
3Proto-Germanicwikǭsequence; week
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweyg-to bend, wind, turn, yield; to wind, bend; to...

via Faroese skifti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Faroeseskiftidivision, partition, distribution; change,...
2Faroeseskiftato change
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wikǭ →Every word from Old Norse víka →
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