Where does “wēke” come from?

wēke (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch *wica, from Proto-West Germanic wikā, from Proto-Germanic wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European weyg- — to bend, wind, turn, yield; to wind, bend; to...

wēke (Middle Dutch): week

Definitions

  1. week

Ancestry of “wēke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutch*wicaweek
2Proto-West Germanicwikāweek
3Proto-Germanicwikǭsequence; week
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweyg-to bend, wind, turn, yield; to wind, bend; to...

Words derived from “wēke”

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