Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wikǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

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

Old English: wice, wuce; wicu
- Middle English: weke, wike, wuke, woke
  - Scots: wouk
  - English: week
  - Yola: wick, wik
Old Frisian: wike
- North Frisian: weg
- Saterland Frisian: Wiek
- West Frisian: wike
Old Saxon: wika
- Middle Low German: wēke
  - German Low German: Week
  - Plautdietsch: Wäakj
Old Dutch: *wika
- Middle Dutch: weke
  - Dutch: week
    - Afrikaans: week
Old High German: wehha, wohha
- Middle High German: wëche, woche
  - Alemannic German:
    Italian Walser: bòchò, wuchu, wucha, wucchu
  - Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: bòcha, boch
  - Central Franconian: Woch, Wech, Wääch
  - German: Woche
  - Luxembourgish: Woch
  - Rhine Franconian:
    Pennsylvania German: Woch
  - Vilamovian: woch
  - Yiddish: וואָך‎ (vokh)
Old Norse: vika
- Icelandic: vika
- Faroese: vika
- Norn: voga
- Norwegian Bokmål: uke
- Norwegian Nynorsk: veke
- Old Swedish: vika
  - Swedish: vecka
- Danish: uge
- Westrobothnian: viku
- Jamtish: vuku
- Scanian: uga
- Gutnish: vike, vika, viku, vikå
- Elfdalian: wiku
Gothic: 𐍅𐌹𐌺𐍉 (wikō)
→ Proto-Samic:
- Northern Sami: vahkku
- Southern Sami: våhkoe
→ Finnic:
- Finnish: viikko
- Ingrian: vīkko
- Karelian: viikko
- Ludian: vīkon

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