vilken
Swedish
determiner
Definitions
- which (interrogative determiner)
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse hvílíkan derived from Proto-Germanic *hwilīkaz (what kind of, what sort of, what kind, like what).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hwilīkaz
Gloss
what kind of, what sort of, what kind, like what
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
- *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *aiwô Proto-Germanic
- *hwilīkaz Proto-Germanic
- hwelc Old English
- hwelċ Old English
- hwilc Old English
- which Middle English
- hvílíkan Old Norse
- hvílíkr Old Norse
- welih Old High German
- 𐍈𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 Gothic
- *wilik Old Dutch
- welik Old Dutch
- hwilik Old Saxon