kvi
Norwegian Nynorsk
/kʋiː/, /kʋeɪː/
adverb
Definitions
- (poetic) why
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse hví inherited from Proto-Germanic *hwī (with what, how, by what) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kʷey
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- forwhy English
- somewhy English
- why English
- whyever English
- whyn't English
- whyness English
- *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷey Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷey- Proto-Indo-European
- hvi Norwegian Bokmål
- *hwī Proto-Germanic
- vi Swedish
- hwy Old English
- hwȳ Old English
- why Middle English
- hví Old Norse
- því Old Norse
- hvi Danish
- *činъ Proto-Slavic
- hví Faroese
- hwi Old Saxon
- hwiu Old Saxon
- vir, vīr Old Swedish
- wiso Elfdalian