Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwilīkaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxʷi.liː.kɑz/

Etymology

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

Determiner

*hwilīkaz

what kind of, what sort of

Inflection

Declension of *hwilīkaz (a-stem)

Strong declension
Case	Masculine		Feminine		Neuter
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hwilīkaz	*hwilīkai	*hwilīkō	*hwilīkôz	*hwilīką, -atō	*hwilīkō
Accusative	*hwilīkanǭ	*hwilīkanz	*hwilīkǭ	*hwilīkōz	*hwilīką, -atō	*hwilīkō
Genitive	*hwilīkas, -is	*hwilīkaizǫ̂	*hwilīkaizōz	*hwilīkaizǫ̂	*hwilīkas, -is	*hwilīkaizǫ̂
Dative	*hwilīkammai	*hwilīkaimaz	*hwilīkaizōi	*hwilīkaimaz	*hwilīkammai	*hwilīkaimaz
Instrumental	*hwilīkanō	*hwilīkaimiz	*hwilīkaizō	*hwilīkaimiz	*hwilīkanō	*hwilīkaimiz

Weak declension
Case	Masculine		Feminine		Neuter
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hwilīkô	*hwilīkaniz	*hwilīkǭ	*hwilīkōniz	*hwilīkô	*hwilīkōnō
Accusative	*hwilīkanų	*hwilīkanunz	*hwilīkōnų	*hwilīkōnunz	*hwilīkô	*hwilīkōnō
Genitive	*hwilīkiniz	*hwilīkanǫ̂	*hwilīkōniz	*hwilīkōnǫ̂	*hwilīkiniz	*hwilīkanǫ̂
Dative	*hwilīkini	*hwilīkammaz	*hwilīkōni	*hwilīkōmaz	*hwilīkini	*hwilīkammaz
Instrumental	*hwilīkinē	*hwilīkammiz	*hwilīkōnē	*hwilīkōmiz	*hwilīkinē	*hwilīkammiz

Related terms

*swalīkaz

Descendants

Old English: hwilc, hwelc, hwilċ, hwylċ
- Middle English: hwilc, hwic, whilk, hwilch, hwulch, wilche, whuch, which
  - Old Scots: quhilk
    - Scots: whilk
  - English: which
Old Frisian: hwelik, hwelk, hwek, hulk, huk, hok
- North Frisian: hock
- Saterland Frisian: wäkker, wukke
- West Frisian: hokker
Old Saxon: hwilik
- Middle Low German: welk
  - German Low German: welke, wecke
  - Low German: welk
Old Dutch: welik
- Middle Dutch: welc
  - Dutch: welk
Old High German: hwalīh, hwelīh, hwilīh, wilih, welih
- Middle High German: welich, welch
  - German: welch
Old Norse hvílíkr
- Danish: hvilken
  - Norwegian Bokmål: hvilken
- Faroese: hvílíkur
- Icelandic: hvílíkur
- Norwegian Nynorsk (merged with hvatki): hokken (non-standard, since 2012), hokke som (from the neuter hokke)
  - Norwegian Bokmål: åkkesom
- Old Swedish: hvilikin, hulkin
  - Swedish: vilken, (dialectal) hóken, hôkken
- Westrobothnian: hókken
Gothic: 𐍈𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (ƕileiks)

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