uge
Danish
[ˈuːə]
noun
Definitions
- week
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse vika (week) derived 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
風
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
- Woche German
- wöchentlich German
- *weyg- Proto-Indo-European
- uke Norwegian Bokmål
- *waikwijaną Proto-Germanic
- *wikǭ Proto-Germanic
- veke Norwegian Nynorsk
- wice Old English
- weke Middle English
- vika Old Norse
- dag Danish
- ugedag Danish
- ugentlig Danish
- vika Icelandic
- wehha Old High German
- wohha Old High German
- week Afrikaans
- vika Faroese
- 𐍅𐌹𐌺𐍉 Gothic
- *wikā gmw-pro
- *wika Old Dutch
- wika Old Saxon
- vahkku Northern Sami
- wiki Swahili
- vika Old Swedish
- viku Westrobothnian
- wike Old Frisian
- wik Tok Pisin
- viikko Ingrian
- woh Vilamovian
- wiki Sranan Tongo
- wikå Elfdalian
- uga Scanian
- wik Chuukese
- wik Choctaw
- bìikì ǃXóõ
- vuku Jamtish