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Where does “viikko” come from?

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

viikko (Ingrian): week

Definitions

  1. week

Ancestry of “viikko”, step by step

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