wyke

== Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English wiċe, wucu; from Proto-West Germanic *wikā, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ. ==== Alternative forms ==== weyke, wike, wouke, wuke week, woke, wooke (mostly Late Middle English) weeke, wowke, wyeke (Late Middle English) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈwik(ə)/, /ˈwuk(ə)/ IPA(key): /ˈweːk(ə)/, /ˈwoːk(ə)/ (with open-syllable lengthening) ==== Noun ==== wyke (plural wykes or (early) wyken) week (a duration of seven days from Sunday to Saturday; a calendar week) week (any duration of (around) seven days) A (six-day) workweek (a duration of six days from Monday to Saturday) ===== Derived terms ===== wykeday wykely ===== Descendants ===== English: week→ Māori: wiki→ Middle Scots: weikScots: week→ Mokilese: wihk→ Swahili: wiki Middle Scots: wouk, ouk Scots: ouk (obsolete) Yola: wick, wik ===== References ===== “wẹ̄k(e, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 April 2018. === Etymology 2 === ==== Adjective ==== wyke alternative form of wikke