veke
Finnish
Adverb
veke
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Adjective
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German wēke or Middle Dutch weike
Alternative forms
- veike (Nynorsk also)
Noun
veke m (definite singular veken, indefinite plural veker, definite plural vekene)
- a wick (in a candle, lamp or lantern)
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- vika (archaic, Høgnorsk)
Etymology
From Old Norse vika (“week”), from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ (“turn, succession”)[1], from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (“to bend, wind”). Related to Proto-Germanic *wīkaną (“to bend, yield”).
Noun
veke f (definite singular veka, indefinite plural veker, definite plural vekene)
See also
- uke (Bokmål)
References
- “veke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Adjective
veke
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