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Where does “wohha” come from?

wohha (Old High German) comes from Old High German wehha, from Proto-West Germanic wikā, from Proto-Germanic wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European weyg- — to bend, wind, turn, yield; to wind, bend; to...

Ancestry of “wohha”, step by step

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

Words derived from “wohha”

  • Kalenderwoche
  • siebenwöchig
  • Wochenzeitschrift
  • einwöchig
  • Wochenschau
  • sechswöchig
  • Wochenzeitung
  • vierzehnwöchig
  • Woche
  • dreiwöchig
  • Wochenblatt
  • vierwöchig
  • Wochentag
  • neunwöchig
  • zweiwöchig
  • einundzwanzigwöchig
  • fünfwöchig
  • zweiwöchentlich
  • wöchentlich
  • mehrwöchig
  • -wöchig
  • woche
  • Woch
  • boch
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