wo
German (Berlin)
/voː/
adverb
Definitions
- (interrogative) where at what place
- (relative) where at or in which place or situation
- (relative) when, that on which, at which time
- (indefinite) somewhere in or to an uncertain or unspecified location
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German wā inherited from Old High German wār (true, id) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hwēr derived from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis (what, who, interrogative base).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kʷis
Gloss
what, who, interrogative base
Concept
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- allwhere English
- anywhere English
- eachwhere English
- elsewhere English
- everwhere English
- nowhere English
- otherwhere English
- somewhere English
- where English
- whereabout English
- wherealong English
- whereas English
- whereby English
- wherefor English
- wherefrom English
- whereinto English
- whereness English
- wherenot English
- whereof English
- whereon English
- whereso English
- wherethan English
- wherethrough English
- whereto English
- whereunder English
- whereunto English
- wherever English
- wherewith English
- wherewithal English
- whereäs English
- cuius Latin
- quirquir Latin
- quālis Latin
- quī Latin
- all German
- allwo German
- her German
- hin German
- irgend German
- irgendwo German
- möglich German
- tun German
- um German
- warum German
- woher German
- wohin German
- womöglich German
- πού Ancient Greek
- ποῖος Ancient Greek
- τί Ancient Greek
- τίς Ancient Greek
- τις Ancient Greek
- *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷe- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷis Proto-Indo-European
- hvordan Norwegian Bokmål
- *hwan Proto-Germanic
- *hwaz Proto-Germanic
- *hwēr Proto-Germanic
- *wēraz Proto-Germanic
- where Middle English
- *kъto Proto-Slavic
- hwar Old High German
- warspello Old High German
- wār Old High German
- wā Middle High German
- wār Middle High German
- wārumbe, wārumme Middle High German
- wō Middle High German
- wouer Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- וווּ Yiddish
- *hwār gmw-pro
- *wār gmw-pro
- *kʷēs Proto-Celtic
- wes Middle Low German
- andarstba Cimbrian
- ba Cimbrian
- bo Cimbrian
- éppadabaa Cimbrian
- warr Alemannic German
- *kʷis Proto-Italic
- 𐭰𐭩 Middle Persian
- kî Northern Kurdish
- we Tok Pisin
- doon Low German
- wo Low German
- wodan Low German
- bou Mòcheno
- wo Hunsrik
- چ Central Kurdish
- چی Central Kurdish
- weya Kriol