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Norwegian
noun-c
Definitions
- a 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
- viikko Finnish
- Woche German
- *weyg- Proto-Indo-European
- arbeid Norwegian Bokmål
- arbeidsuke Norwegian Bokmål
- avis Norwegian Bokmål
- lang Norwegian Bokmål
- ukeavis Norwegian Bokmål
- ukelang Norwegian Bokmål
- *waikwijaną Proto-Germanic
- *wikǭ Proto-Germanic
- veke Norwegian Nynorsk
- wice Old English
- vika Old Norse
- uge Danish
- vika Icelandic
- wehha Old High German
- wohha Old High German
- vika Faroese
- 𐍅𐌹𐌺𐍉 Gothic
- *wikā gmw-pro
- *wika Old Dutch
- wika Old Saxon
- vahkku Northern Sami
- vika Old Swedish
- viku Westrobothnian
- wike Old Frisian
- viikko Ingrian
- wikå Elfdalian
- uga Scanian
- vuku Jamtish