Where does “vike” come from?

vike (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse víka, from Proto-Germanic wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European weyg- — to bend, wind, turn, yield; to wind, bend; to...

vike (Norwegian Bokmål): to give away, yield; to look away, turn aside,...

Definitions

  1. to give away, yield; to look away, turn aside,...

Ancestry of “vike”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsevíkaweek
2Proto-Germanicwikǭsequence; week
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweyg-to bend, wind, turn, yield; to wind, bend; to...

Words derived from “vike”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wikǭ →Every word from Old Norse víka →