Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wikǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃weyg- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”), with semantic shift "to bend, give way" > "to shift" > "sequence, week". See also *wīkwaną (“to yield, retreat”). The concept of a week was borrowed by the Germanic peoples from the Romans around the 1st century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwi.kɔ̃ː/

Noun

*wikǭ f

1. sequence
2. (late) week

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *wikǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wikǭ	*wikōniz
vocative	*wikǭ	*wikōniz
accusative	*wikōnų	*wikōnunz
genitive	*wikōniz	*wikōnǫ̂
dative	*wikōni	*wikōmaz
instrumental	*wikōnē	*wikōmiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *wikā
  • Old English: wiċe, wicu, wucu, wieċe, weoce
    • Middle English: weke
      • English: week
      • Scots: wouk
      • Yola: wick, wik
  • Old Frisian: wike
    • North Frisian: weg
    • Saterland Frisian: Wíek
    • West Frisian: wike
  • Old Saxon: wika
    • Middle Low German: wēke

      → North Frisian: Week

      • German Low German: Week
      • Plautdietsch: Wäakj
  • Old Dutch: *wika
    • Middle Dutch: wēke
      • Dutch: week
        • Afrikaans: week
        • Berbice Creole Dutch: weki
        • Jersey Dutch: wêk
        • Negerhollands: week
        • → Lokono: wiki
        • →? Sranan Tongo: wiki
          • → Aukan: wiki
          • → Saramaccan: wíki
      • Limburgish: waek
  • Old High German: wehha, wohha
    • Middle High German: wëche, woche
      • Alemannic German:

        Italian Walser: bòchò, wuchu, wucha, wucchu

      • Bavarian: Woch, Wocha, Wochn

        Cimbrian: bòcha, boch (Luserna)

        Mòcheno: boch

      • Central Franconian: Woch, Wech, Wääch (Ripuarian; now widely obsolete)
      • German: Woche
      • Luxembourgish: Woch
      • Pennsylvania German: Woch
      • Vilamovian: woch
      • Yiddish: וואָך (vokh)
• Old Norse: vika
  • Icelandic: vika
  • Faroese: vika
  • Norn: voga
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: veke, vika, viku; (dialectal) vyku, vuku, væka
  • Jamtish: vuku
  • Elfdalian: wiku
  • Old Swedish: vika
    • Swedish: vecka
  • Old Danish: uka, uku, wiku
    • Scanian: uga
    • Danish: uge
      • Norwegian Bokmål: uke
  • Old Gutnish: wika
    • Gutnish: vike, vika, viku, vikå
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌹𐌺𐍉 (wikō)
• → Proto-Samic: *vëkkō (see there for further descendants)
• → Proto-Finnic: *viikko (see there for further descendants)