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: 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
  → North Frisian: Week
  - 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: wehha, wecha, wohha, wocha
- 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

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 323: “PWGmc *wikā”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 323: “PWGmc *wikā”

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