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Where does “vahkku” come from?

vahkku (Northern Sami) comes from Proto-Samic *vëkkō, from Proto-Norse *ᚹᛁᚲᛟ, from Proto-Germanic wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European weyg- — to bend, wind, turn, yield; to wind, bend; to...

vahkku (Northern Sami): week

Definitions

  1. week

Ancestry of “vahkku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samic*vëkkō—
2Proto-Norse*ᚹᛁᚲᛟ—
3Proto-Germanicwikǭsequence; week
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweyg-to bend, wind, turn, yield; to wind, bend; to...

Words derived from “vahkku”

  • gaskavahkku
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyg- →