week
Afrikaans
noun
Definitions
- week
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish week (week, soft, weak) inherited from Middle Dutch weke inherited from Old Dutch *wika inherited from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ (week, sequence, turn, succession, change) derived from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (bend, wind, yield, turn, curve).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*weyg-
Gloss
bend, wind, yield, turn, curve
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Golden Week English
- matchweek English
- midweek English
- multiweek English
- rag week English
- reading week English
- week English
- weekday English
- weekend English
- weeker English
- weekful English
- weeklong English
- weekly English
- weeknight English
- workweek English
- yesterweek English
- viikko Finnish
- -wöchig German
- Erdbeerwoche German
- Kalenderwoche German
- Woche German
- Wochenbett German
- Wochenblatt German
- Wochenende German
- Wochentag German
- Wochenzeitschrift German
- Wochenzeitung German
- achtundvierzigwöchig German
- achtzehnwöchig German
- dreiwöchig German
- dreizehnwöchig German
- einundzwanzigwöchig German
- einwöchig German
- elfwöchig German
- fünfwöchig German
- fünfzehnwöchig German
- fünfzigwöchig German
- neunwöchig German
- neunzehnwöchig German
- neunzigwöchig German
- sechswöchig German
- sechzehnwöchig German
- sechzigwöchig German
- siebenwöchig German
- siebzehnwöchig German
- siebzigwöchig German
- vierundzwanzigwöchig German
- vierwöchig German
- vierzehnwöchig German
- vierzigwöchig German
- zehnwöchig German
- zwanzigwöchig German
- zwölfwöchig German
- doordeweek Dutch, Flemish
- feestweek Dutch, Flemish
- paasweek Dutch, Flemish
- week Dutch, Flemish
- weekblad Dutch, Flemish
- weekeind Dutch, Flemish
- weekeinde Dutch, Flemish
- weeksluiting Dutch, Flemish
- wekelijk Dutch, Flemish
- wekelijks Dutch, Flemish
- wekenlang Dutch, Flemish
- *weyg- Proto-Indo-European
- *waikwijaną Proto-Germanic
- *wikǭ Proto-Germanic
- wice Old English
- weke Middle English
- vika Old Norse
- weke Middle Dutch
- wēke Middle Dutch
- wehha Old High German
- wohha Old High German
- dees Afrikaans
- na Afrikaans
- naweek Afrikaans
- van Afrikaans
- vandeesweek Afrikaans
- woche Middle High German
- 𐍅𐌹𐌺𐍉 Gothic
- *wikā gmw-pro
- *wika Old Dutch
- wika Old Saxon
- vahkku Northern Sami
- wiki Swahili
- wike Western Frisian
- wike Old Frisian
- iveki Xhosa
- wik Tok Pisin
- viikko Ingrian
- wiki Sranan Tongo
- iveke South Ndebele
- vhiki Shona
- wik Chuukese
- wik Choctaw
- bìikì ǃXóõ