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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwilīkaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *hwi- + *-līkaz, the former being the stem of *hwaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxʷi.liː.kɑz/

Determiner

*hwilīkaz

  1. what kind of, what sort of

Inflection


Descendants

  • Old English: hwelċ, hwilċ, hwylċ
  • Old Frisian: hwelik, hwelk, hwek, hulk, huk, hok
  • Old Saxon: hwilīk
  • Old Dutch: welik
  • Old High German: welih, hwalīh, hwelīh, hwilīh, wilih
  • Old Norse: hvíglíkr, hvílíkr (most descendants from accusative hvílíkan)
    • Icelandic: hvílíkur
    • Faroese: hvílíkur
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: hokken (merged with hvatki; non-standard since 2012), hokke som (from the neuter hokke)
    • Old Swedish: hvilikin, hulkin
      • Swedish: vilken, (dialectal) hóken, hôkken
    • Danish: hvilken
  • Gothic: 𐍈𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (ƕileiks)
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