hvi
Danish
/viːˀ/
adv
Definitions
- (archaic) why
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse hví inherited from Proto-Germanic *hwī (with what, how, by what).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hwī
Gloss
with what, how, by what
Concept
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- forwhy English
- somewhy English
- why English
- whyever English
- whyn't English
- whyness English
- *kʷey Proto-Indo-European
- hvi Norwegian Bokmål
- *hwī Proto-Germanic
- vi Swedish
- kvi Norwegian Nynorsk
- hwy Old English
- hwȳ Old English
- why Middle English
- hví Old Norse
- því Old Norse
- hví Faroese
- hwi Old Saxon
- hwiu Old Saxon
- vir, vīr Old Swedish
- wiso Elfdalian