weke

Afrikaans

Noun

weke

plural of week

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Rhymes: -eːkə

Adjective

weke

Inflected form of week

Verb

weke

(archaic) singular past subjunctive of wijken

Verb

weke

(archaic) singular present subjunctive of weken

Anagrams

week

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *wika, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”).

Noun

wēke f

week

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Dutch: week
Limburgish: waek

Further reading

“weke (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
“weke (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English wice, wucu; from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ.

Alternative forms

wouke, woke, wyke, wieke, wike, weyke, wuke, week, weeke, wycke

Pronunciation

(mainly Early ME) IPA^(key): /ˈwik(ə)/, /ˈwuk(ə)/
IPA^(key): /ˈweːk(ə)/, /ˈwoːk(ə)/

Noun

weke (plural wekes or weken)

week (a duration of seven days from a Sunday to a Saturday; a calendar week)
week (any duration of (around) seven days)
(six-day) workweek (a duration of six days from a Monday to a Saturday)

Derived terms

Descendants

English: week
Scots: wouk
Yola: wick, wik

References

“wẹ̄k(e (n.(3))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-11.

Etymology 2

From Old English wēoce; from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ.

Alternative forms

wec, wyk, weyk, weyke, weike, wik, weeke

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈweːk(ə)/, /ˈwɛk(ə)/

Noun

weke

A candlewick or wick
The cord or rope used to create wicks; wicking
1. Such wicking used for medical purposes; e.g. as a bandage
A low-quality kind of textile

Descendants

English: wick

References

“wẹ̄̆k(e (n.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-11.

Etymology 3

Akin to Old Norse vökva.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwɛk(ə)/

Noun

weke

wetness

Descendants

English: weke (obsolete)

References

“weke (n.(2))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-11.

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