wehha

Old High German

Alternative forms

  • wëcha, wohha, wocha

Etymology

    From Proto-West Germanic *wikā, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ (“sequence, week”), whence also Old English wiċe, Old Norse vika.

    Noun

    wëhha f

    1. week

    Declension

    Declension of wëhha (feminine n-stem)
    case singular plural
    nominative wëhha wëhhūn
    accusative wëhhūn wëhhūn
    genitive wëhhūn wëhhōno
    dative wëhhūn wëhhōm, wëhhōn

    Descendants

    • Middle High German: woche, wuche, wëche
      • Alemannic German:
      • Bavarian: Woch, Wocha, Wochn
      • Central Franconian: Woch, Wech, Wääch (Ripuarian; now widely obsolete)
      • German: Woche
      • Rhine Franconian:
        • Pennsylvania German: Woch
      • Vilamovian: woch
      • Yiddish: וואָך (vokh)

    References

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