Where does “viikkolehti” come from?

viikkolehti (Finnish) comes from Finnish viikko, from Proto-Germanic wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European weyg- — to bend, wind, turn, yield; to wind, bend; to...

viikkolehti (Finnish): weekly

Definitions

  1. weekly

Ancestry of “viikkolehti”, step by step

viikkolehti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viikko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviikkoweek
2Proto-Germanicwikǭsequence; week
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweyg-to bend, wind, turn, yield; to wind, bend; to...

via Finnish Lehti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLehtileaf part of a plant
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lehti—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wikǭ →Every word from Finnish viikko →