Dictionary noun *u̯eig- wechseln abwechseln Abwechslung
(noun)

Meanings

1.
the variation, the change
(A bit more general than the verb it is based on. It's about the idea of something not being "the same" too much. Think of a landscape with lots of different elements and views.)
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Word Family

Root: *u̯eig-

This is one of the roots that was about:

bending, winding (also: changing)

It doesn’t have too many offspring in English, but certainly some surprisingly ones.
Here’s a little (incomplete) overview:

  • wicker (“winding tree”)
  • vice- (“taking the place of”)
  • weak (“easy to bend”)
  • week (“the change of times”)
  • vice versa (“change to the counter as well”)
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