Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wikā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wikǭ.

Noun

*wikā f

1. week

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wikā
Genitive	*wikōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wikā	*wikōn
Accusative	*wikōn	*wikōn
Genitive	*wikōn	*wikōnō
Dative	*wikōn	*wikōm, *wikum
Instrumental	*wikōn	*wikōm, *wikum

Descendants

• 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)