cur
Latin
adv
Definitions
- why, for what reason, wherefore, to what purpose, from what motive
Etymology
Inherited from Old Latin quūr inherited from Proto-Italic *kʷōr inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kʷōr, nocat=1 (interrogative determiner, curve, onerate, charge).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
nocat=1
Gloss
interrogative determiner, curve, onerate, charge
Kanji
曲
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- semita Latin
- ἀγκυλίς Ancient Greek
- *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷo- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷōr Proto-Indo-European
- nocat=1 Proto-Indo-European
- *hwar Proto-Germanic
- gehwær Old English
- hwar Old English
- hwær Old English
- hwǣr Old English
- nahwær Old English
- अनस् Sanskrit
- where Middle English
- hvar Old Norse
- ամենուր Armenian
- ուր Armenian
- hwār Old High German
- ուր Old Armenian
- wār Middle High German
- wō Middle High German
- kur Albanian
- 𐍈𐌰𐍂 Gothic
- *hwār gmw-pro
- *war Old Dutch
- war Old Dutch
- hwar Old Saxon
- hwarasun Old Saxon
- hwarod Old Saxon
- hwaru Old Swedish
- *kʷōr Proto-Italic
- whaur Scots
- hwēr Old Frisian
- *kur Proto-Albanian
- quūr Old Latin