weke
Middle English
/ˈwik(ə)/, /ˈweːk(ə)/, /ˈweːk(ə)/, /ˈwɛk(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- week a duration of seven days from Sunday to Saturday, a calendar week
- week any duration of (around) seven days
- (six-day) workweek a duration of six days from Monday to Saturday
Etymology
Inherited from Old English wice (wych elm, patch) inherited from *wikā (week) inherited from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ (week, sequence, turn, succession, change).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wikǭ
Gloss
week, sequence, turn, succession, change
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
週
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Golden Week English
- Wedgwood English
- Wickfield English
- candlewick English
- constablewick English
- matchweek English
- midweek English
- multiweek English
- multiwick English
- rag week English
- reading week English
- sheriffwick English
- week English
- weekday English
- weekend English
- weeker English
- weekful English
- weeklong English
- weekly English
- weeknight English
- wick English
- wickie English
- wickless English
- wicklike English
- wickmaker English
- workweek English
- yesterweek English
- viikko Finnish
- Woche German
- *weyg- Proto-Indo-European
- *weukan Proto-Germanic
- *wikǭ Proto-Germanic
- wice Old English
- wēoce Old English
- day Middle English
- weikly Middle English
- weke-day Middle English
- wekely Middle English
- weyk Middle English
- vika Old Norse
- wehha Old High German
- wohha Old High German
- week Afrikaans
- 𐍅𐌹𐌺𐍉 Gothic
- *wikā gmw-pro
- *wika Old Dutch
- wika Old Saxon
- vahkku Northern Sami
- wiki Swahili
- wike Old Frisian
- wik Tok Pisin
- viikko Ingrian
- wiki Sranan Tongo
- wik Chuukese
- wik Choctaw
- bìikì ǃXóõ