Where does “viikkovilli” come from?

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

viikkovilli (Finnish): uncertainty as to the present weekday

Definitions

  1. uncertainty as to the present weekday

Ancestry of “viikkovilli”, step by step

viikkovilli 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 villi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvilliwild; savage; feral
2Old Swedishviller—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wikǭ →Every word from Finnish viikko →