wehha

Old High German

Alternative forms

• wecha, wohha, wocha

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wikā, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ (“sequence, week”), whence also Old English wiċe, Old Norse vika.

Noun

wehha f

1. week

Declension

Declension of wehha (feminine n-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	wehha	wehhun
accusative	wehhūn	wehhun
genitive	wehhūn	wehhōno
dative	wehhūn	wehhōm, wehhōn

Descendants

• Middle High German: woche, wuche, weche
  • 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)
    • Hunsrik: Woch
    • Luxembourgish: Woch
  • German: Woche
  • Rhine Franconian:
    • Pennsylvania German: Woch
  • Vilamovian: woch
  • Yiddish: וואָך (vokh)

References

• "wehha" in Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch (6th edition 2014)