wehha

Old High German

Alternative forms

• wohha

Etymology

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

Noun

wehha f

1. week

Descendants

• Middle High German: wëche, woche
  • Alemannic German:

    Italian Walser: bòchò, wuchu, wucha, wucchu

  • Bavarian: Woch, Wocha, Wochn

    Cimbrian: bòcha, boch (Luserna)

    Mòcheno: boch

  • Central Franconian: Woch, Wech, Wääch (Ripuarian; now widely obsolete)
  • German: Woche
  • Luxembourgish: Woch
  • Pennsylvania German: Woch
  • Vilamovian: woch
  • Yiddish: וואָך (vokh)