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 *weyg- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwi.kɔ̃ː/

Noun

*wikǭ f

sequence
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
    - 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
      - → Arawak: 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:
      Cimbrian: bòcha, boch
      Mòcheno: boch
    - Central Franconian: Woch, Wech, Wääch
    - 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
- Norwegian: (dialectal) viku, vyku, vuku, væka
- Jamtish: vuku
- Elfdalian: wiku
- Westrobothnian: viku
- 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:
- Northern Sami: vahkku
- Southern Sami: våhkoe
→ Proto-Finnic: *viikko (see there for further descendants)