hvilken
Danish
[ˈʋelɡ̊ən]
pronoun
Definitions
- (interrogative) what, which, the
- (relative) who, whom, which, whatever, whichever
Etymology
Derived from Old Danish huilk derived from Old Norse hvílíkr derived from Proto-Germanic *hwilīkaz (what kind of, what sort of, what kind, like what), *hwaz (who) + Proto-Germanic *-līkaz (having the body form of, -like, shaped).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*-līkaz
Gloss
having the body form of, -like, shaped
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- everwhich English
- every English
- like English
- which English
- which've English
- whichever English
- who English
- wer German
- *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷis Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷos Proto-Indo-European
- hvilken Norwegian Bokmål
- *-līkaz Proto-Germanic
- *aiwô Proto-Germanic
- *hwanǭ Proto-Germanic
- *hwarjaz Proto-Germanic
- *hwat Proto-Germanic
- *hwaz Proto-Germanic
- *hwilīkaz Proto-Germanic
- -lic Old English
- -līc Old English
- hwa Old English
- hwelc Old English
- hwelċ Old English
- hwilc Old English
- hwā Old English
- which Middle English
- -ligr Old Norse
- hvar Old Norse
- hvat Old Norse
- hveim Old Norse
- hvílíkan Old Norse
- hvílíkr Old Norse
- lig Danish
- slig Danish
- -lih Old High German
- -līh Old High German
- welih Old High German
- wer Old High German
- -𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 Gothic
- 𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰 Gothic
- 𐍈𐌰𐍃 Gothic
- 𐍈𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 Gothic
- *hwaʀ gmw-pro
- *wilik Old Dutch
- -līk Old Dutch
- welik Old Dutch
- hwilik Old Saxon
- hókken Westrobothnian
- -lik Old Frisian
- hwā Old Frisian
- wer Hunsrik
- huilk Old Danish
- hwa Old Danish