welk
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ʋɛlk/
determiner
Definitions
- which (what, of those mentioned or implied)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch welc (which) inherited from Old Dutch *wilik inherited from Proto-Germanic *hwilīkaz (what kind of, what sort of, what kind, like what) root from Proto-Indo-European *kʷ-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kʷ-
Gloss
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
- whose English
- het Dutch, Flemish
- hetwelk Dutch, Flemish
- waarvoor Dutch, Flemish
- welks Dutch, Flemish
- wiens Dutch, Flemish
- ποσός Ancient Greek
- ποτέ Ancient Greek
- που Ancient Greek
- πως Ancient Greek
- ἕκαστος Ancient Greek
- ὁπότε Ancient Greek
- ὅπως Ancient Greek
- *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷey Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷis Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷis, *kʷos Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷis, *kʷosyo Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷis, kʷos Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷo- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷokʷe Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷos Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷoti Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷód Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷóteros Proto-Indo-European
- *aiwô Proto-Germanic
- *hwammai Proto-Germanic
- *hwar Proto-Germanic
- *hwaþeraz Proto-Germanic
- *hwi-, *hwaz Proto-Germanic
- *hwilīkaz Proto-Germanic
- *hwō Proto-Germanic
- hwanone Old English
- hwelc Old English
- hwelċ Old English
- hwilc Old English
- which Middle English
- hvílíkan Old Norse
- hvílíkr Old Norse
- waeromme Middle Dutch
- welc Middle Dutch
- welih Old High German
- 𐍈𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 Gothic
- *wan ēr Old Dutch
- *wilik Old Dutch
- welik Old Dutch
- hwilik Old Saxon
- *tan Proto-Albanian
- wuk West Flemish