vecka

Swedish

/²vɛka/

noun
Definitions
  • a week, a period of 7 days
  • a numbered period, ranging from 1 to 52 or 53, containing seven days beginning with Monday and ending with Sunday

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish vika inherited from Old Norse vika (week) 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

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