Wt/sco/wice

Scots

Adjective

wice (comparative mair wice, superlative maist wice)

1. Shawin guid juidgement or the benefit o experience.

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Auld Inglis

Alternative forms

• wiece, weoce

Etymology

Frae Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, frae Proto-Indo-European *weyg-. Cognate wi Auld Frisian wike (Wast Frisian wike), Auld Saxon wika (Middle Low German weke), Dutch week, Auld Heich German wehha (German Woche), Auld Norse vika (Swadish vecka), Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌺𐍉 (wiko).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwike/

Noun

wice f (nominative plural wican)

1. week

Declension

Declension o wice (waik)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	wice	wican
accusative	wican	wican
genitive	wican	wicena
dative	wican	wicum

Synonyms

• wucu

Descendants

• Middle Inglis: weke
  • Scots: week
  • Inglis: week, witch-hazel