wéini

Luxembourgish

Alternative forms
  • wéinéi (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle High German wanee, wan ē, *wen ē, from wan, wen (“when”) + ē (“earlier”); compare Dutch wanneer, obsolete German wannehe. The Luxembourgish -éi- is irregular (as if from Middle High German *wēnē), perhaps from emphatic usage, in which the disyllabic form was preferred. Luxembourgish later lost the monosyllabic form altogether (as did Dutch).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈveɪ̯ni/, [ˈvɜɪ̯ni]

Adverb

wéini

  1. (interrogative) when
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