Where does “veke” come from?
veke (Norwegian Bokmål) 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...
veke (Norwegian Bokmål): a wick; definite singular of vek; plural of vek
Definitions
- a wick; definite singular of vek; plural of vek
Ancestry of “veke”, step by step
veke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle Low German wēke
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | wēke | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | wika | week |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | wikā | week |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | wikǭ | sequence; week |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | weyg- | to bend, wind, turn, yield; to wind, bend; to... |
via Middle Dutch weike
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | weike | — |