Proto-Indo-European
*weyg-
‘to bend, curve’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *weyg-.
5 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *weyg-, most familiar first.
- week ← wyke ← wice ← *wikā ← *wikǭ
- weak ← waik ← veikr ← *waikwaz ← *wīkwaną
- weekly ← wykely ← wyke ← wice ← *wikā
- wick ← wike ← *vík ← *wīkō
- guichet ← vík ← *wīkō
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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weyg-