wyke

From Old English wiċe, wucu; from Proto-West Germanic *wikā, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ.

• weyke, wike, wouke, wuke
• week, woke, wooke (mostly Late Middle English)
• weeke, wowke, wyeke (Late Middle English)

• IPA^(key): /ˈwik(ə)/, /ˈwuk(ə)/
• IPA^(key): /ˈweːk(ə)/, /ˈwoːk(ə)/ (with open-syllable lengthening)

wyke (plural wykes or (early) wyken)

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

• wykeday
• wykely

• English: week
  • → Māori: wiki
  • → Middle Scots: weik
    • Scots: week
  • → Swahili: wiki
• Middle Scots: wouk, ouk
  • Scots: ouk (obsolete)
• Yola: wick, wik

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

wyke

1. alternative form of wikke