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, wuce, wieċe, weoce
  • Middle English: wyke
    • English: week
      • → Maori: wiki
      • → Middle Scots: weik
        • Scots: week
      • → Swahili: wiki
    • Middle Scots: wouk, ouk
      • Scots: ouk (obsolete)
    • Yola: wick, wik
• Old Frisian: wike
  • North Frisian:

    Föhr-Amrum: weg

    Mooring: waag

    Sylt: Week

  • Saterland Frisian: Wíek
  • West Frisian: wike
• Old Saxon: wika
  • Middle Low German: wēke
    • German Low German: Week
    • Plautdietsch: Wäakj
• Old Dutch: *wica
  • 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: wëhha, wëcha, wohha, wocha
  • Middle High German: woche, wuche, wëche
    • 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)