Where does “vika” come from?

vika (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish vīka, from Old Norse víka, from Proto-Germanic wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European weyg- — to bend, wind, turn, yield; to wind, bend; to...

vika (Swedish): to fold (into several layers)

Definitions

  1. to fold (into several layers)

Ancestry of “vika”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishvīkaweek
2Old Norsevíkaweek
3Proto-Germanicwikǭsequence; week
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweyg-to bend, wind, turn, yield; to wind, bend; to...

Words derived from “vika”

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