Where does “Week” come from?

Week (Low German) comes from Middle Low German wēke, from Old Saxon wika, from Proto-West Germanic wikā, from Proto-Germanic wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European weyg- — to bend, wind, turn, yield; to wind, bend; to...

Week (Low German): week

Definitions

  1. week

Ancestry of “Week”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanwēke—
2Old Saxonwikaweek
3Proto-West Germanicwikāweek
4Proto-Germanicwikǭsequence; week
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweyg-to bend, wind, turn, yield; to wind, bend; to...

Words derived from “Week”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wikǭ →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wikā →