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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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1996
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© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information)
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week OE.
wice,
wicu = OS.
-wika (Du.
week), OHG.
wehha,
wohha (G.
woche), ON.
vika, Goth.
wikō order:- Gmc. *
wikōn, prob. orig. ‘succession, series’, usu. referred to *
wī̌k- bend, turn, change, repr. also by OE.
wīċe, OS., OHG.
wehsal (G.
wechsel), ON.
-víxl change.
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Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
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