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.

From *hwī (“what”) +‎ *-līkaz (“-like”), the former being the stem of *hwaz (“what, who”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈxʷi.liː.kɑz/

*hwilīkaz

1. what kind of, what sort of

• *swalīkaz

• Old English: hwelċ, hwilċ, hwylċ
  • Middle English: hwilc, hwic, whilk, hwilch, hwulch, wilche, whuch, which
    • Early Scots: quhilk
      • Scots: whilk
    • English: which
• Old Frisian: hwelik, hwelk, hwek, hulk, huk, hok
  • North Frisian: hock
  • Saterland Frisian: wäl; wäkker, wäkke
  • West Frisian: hokker
• Old Saxon: hwilīk
  • Middle Low German: welk
    • German Low German: welke, wecke
    • Low German: welk
• Old Dutch: welik
  • Middle Dutch: welc
    • Dutch: welk
• Old High German: welih, hwalīh, hwelīh, hwilīh, wilih
  • Middle High German: welich, welch
    • German: welch, welcher
• 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
    • Norwegian Bokmål: hvilken
• Gothic: 𐍈𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (ƕileiks)