when
English
/ʍɛn/, /ʍɪn/, /ʍɛn/, /wɛn/
adv
Definitions
- (interrogative) At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance?
- At an earlier time and under different, usually less favorable, circumstances.
- (relative) At which, on which, during which:
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English when, when(ne) inherited from Old English hwenne inherited from *hwan (when) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hwan (when, at what time) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis (what, who, interrogative base).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kʷis
Gloss
what, who, interrogative base
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Cognates and derived terms
- about English
- any English
- anywhen English
- anywhence English
- as English
- else English
- elsewhen English
- ever English
- everwhen English
- everywhence English
- no English
- nowhen English
- nowhence English
- other English
- otherwhen English
- otherwhence English
- soever English
- somewhence English
- we English
- whenabout English
- whenas English
- whence English
- whenceafter English
- whenceforth English
- whenceforward English
- whencefrom English
- whenceness English
- whencesoever English
- whencever English
- whenceward English
- whenness English
- whensoever English
- whenwe English
- cuius Latin
- ecquando Latin
- quandocumque Latin
- quandō Latin
- quirquir Latin
- quālis Latin
- quī Latin
- wann German
- quando Italian
- wanneer Dutch, Flemish
- wen Dutch, Flemish
- cuando Spanish, Castilian
- πού Ancient Greek
- ποῖος Ancient Greek
- τί Ancient Greek
- τίς Ancient Greek
- τις Ancient Greek
- *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷe- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷeh₂n Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷis Proto-Indo-European
- *airiz Proto-Germanic
- *hwan Proto-Germanic
- *hwannē Proto-Germanic
- *hwaz Proto-Germanic
- *hwēr Proto-Germanic
- *nēhwiz Proto-Germanic
- hwenne Old English
- when, when(ne) Middle English
- whennes Middle English
- hvornår Danish
- *kъto Proto-Slavic
- quant Old French
- cando Galician
- որքան Armenian
- când Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- wan eer, wanneer Middle Dutch
- wanneer Middle Dutch
- wanne Old High German
- քան Old Armenian
- քանակ Old Armenian
- քանիցս Old Armenian
- wanneer Afrikaans
- wenne Middle High German
- 𐍈𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍈𐌰𐌽𐌷𐌿𐌽 Gothic
- *hwan gmw-pro
- *hwannā gmw-pro
- wanne Old Dutch
- quando Old Portuguese
- *kʷēs Proto-Celtic
- wan Middle Low German
- wannêr Middle Low German
- wannēr Middle Low German
- wes Middle Low German
- ben Cimbrian
- benn Cimbrian
- bénne Cimbrian
- hwan Old Saxon
- hwaner Old Saxon
- hwanēr Old Saxon
- cãndu Aromanian
- *kʷis Proto-Italic
- cuando Asturian
- cuant Friulian
- can Old Occitan
- quannu Sicilian
- 𐭰𐭩 Middle Persian
- kî Northern Kurdish
- wann Low German
- wannehr Low German
- quànde Ligurian
- wann Pennsylvania German
- hwænnær Old Danish
- cando Sardinian
- quando Mirandese
- چ Central Kurdish
- چی Central Kurdish