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Where does “wice” come from?

wice (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic wikā, from Proto-Germanic wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European weyg- — to bend, wind, turn, yield; to wind, bend; to...

wice (Old English): week

Definitions

  1. week

Ancestry of “wice”, step by step

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

Words derived from “wice”

  • week
  • weeks
  • weekly
  • weekend
  • wick
  • Wedgwood
  • weekday
  • workweek
  • biweekly
  • weeklong
  • bailiwick
  • midweek
  • weeknight
  • Wickfield
  • semiweekly
  • newsweekly
  • weekender
  • triweekly
  • multiweek
  • weeker
  • wickless
  • constablewick
  • yesterweek
  • sheriffwick
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