why

Betekenis (English)

1. For what cause, reason, or purpose.
2. For what cause, reason, or purpose.
3. For what cause, reason, or purpose.
4. For what cause, reason, or purpose.
5. For which cause, reason, or purpose.
6. The cause, reason, or purpose for which.

waarom

hoezo

hoe zo

weshalve

weswege

wat

des

hoezo?

waarom?

for what reason

for what purpose

for what

why is that

in what way

whereby

you see

for which reason

the reason why

what the hell

for what cause

by what ? whence

it has no meaning

how can one tolerate

after all

interrogative particle

what kind of

what’s up

Frequentie

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ʍaɪ/

Inherited from Middelengels

Inherited from Oudengels

Cognate with Old Saxon

Cognate with Middelhoogduits

Cognate with Deens

Cognate with Noors - Bokmål

Cognate with Noors - Nynorsk

Cognate with Zweeds

Cognate with Faeröers

Cognate with IJslands

Cognate with Latijn

Cognate with Oekraïens

Cognate with Pools

Cognate with Tsjechisch

Cognate with Servo-Kroatisch

Cognate with Oudengels

In summary

From Middle English why, from Old English hwȳ (“why”), from Proto-Germanic *hwī (“by what, how”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey, instrumental case of *kʷis (“who”), *kʷid (“what”). Cognate with Old Saxon hwī (“why”), hwiu (“how; why”), Middle High German wiu (“how, why”), archaic Danish and Norwegian Bokmål hvi (“why”), Norwegian Nynorsk kvi (“why”), Swedish vi (“why”), Faroese and Icelandic hví (“why”), Latin quī (“why”), Doric Greek πεῖ (peî, “where”), Ukrainian чи (čy, “if”), Polish czy, Czech či (“or”), Serbo-Croatian či (“if”). Compare Old English þȳ (“because, since, on that account, therefore, then”, literally “by that, for that”). See thy.

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