wuk

West Flemish

pronoun

Definitions

what

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch welc (which) inherited from Old Dutch welik inherited 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

welk Dutch, Flemish
*kʷ- Proto-Indo-European
*aiwô Proto-Germanic
*hwilīkaz Proto-Germanic
hwelc Old English
hwelċ Old English
hwilc Old English
hvílíkan Old Norse
hvílíkr Old Norse
welc Middle Dutch
welih Old High German
𐍈𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 Gothic
*wilik Old Dutch
welik Old Dutch
hwilik Old Saxon