cur

Betekenis (Engels)

why, for what reason, wherefore, to what purpose, from what motive

Sinonieme

quare

Vertalings

warum

pourquoi

why

por qué

waarom

por que

weshalb

weswegen

perché

γιατί

wieso

per què

niçin

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

[ˈkuːr]

Etimologie (Engels)

From Old Latin quūr, quōr, from Proto-Italic *kʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷór (“where”) (with pre-resonant and monosyllabic lengthening), from *kʷos (“interrogative determiner”) + *-r (“adverbial suffix”). For other Indo-European cognates, compare:
* Sanskrit कर्हि (kárhi, “when”), Proto-Germanic *hwar (“where”) < *kʷór
* Old English hwǣr (“where”), Old High German hwār (“where”) < *kʷēr
* Albanian kur (“when”), Lithuanian kur̃ (“where, whither”), Armenian ուր (ur, “where”) < *kúr
* Norwegian Nynorsk kvar (“where”), Norwegian Nynorsk kor (“where”), Norwegian Bokmål hvor (“where”) < Old Norse hvar < Proto-Germanic *hwar < Proto-Indo-European *kʷór, from *kʷos (“which”)
See also quirquir (“wherever(?)”).