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Where does “Wäakj” come from?

Wäakj (Plautdietsch) 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...

Wäakj (Plautdietsch): week

Definitions

  1. week

Ancestry of “Wäakj”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanwēke—
2Old Saxonwikaweek
3Proto-West Germanicwikāweek
4Proto-Germanicwikǭsequence; week
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweyg-to bend, wind, turn, yield; to wind, bend; to...

Words derived from “Wäakj”

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