köken: Cognate with Muong chi. See chi, the form without lenition and the form for the interrogative "what" in the Central dialects (both the North Central dialects from Nghệ An to Huế, and the South Central dialects of Đà Nẵng-Quảng Nam-Quảng Ngãi). Further south, the Southern dialects keep native chi with the meaning "what for" and in compounds, but borrowed gì from the Northern dialects for the…
aile: cái gì, gì cũng, gì nữa, gì thì gì, hèn gì, huống gì, khác gì, không có gì, làm gì, mùi gì
köken: Inherited from Vulgar Latin *quomō, from classical Latin quōmodō. Cognate with Spanish and Portuguese como. See also French comme and Italian come.
aile: com a, com a màxim, com a mínim, com a molt, com ara, com està, com estàs, com et dius, com l'anell al dit, com que
köken: From Middle Welsh beth. Originally pa beth (“which thing”) with the soft mutation of peth (“thing”) after pa (“which”), from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis.
köken: Varying reconstructions. Orel descends it from Proto-Albanian *tšei, Matzinger from Proto-Albanian *čī. Ultimately from instrumental Proto-Indo-European *kʷí-h₁. Compare Latin qui (“how, why”), Old English hwȳ, hwī (“why”). An interrogative and relative pronoun, especially in connection with a preposition.
What: · What do you want? An abrupt, usually unfriendly enquiry as to what a person desires. · What did you say? I beg your pardon? This usage is often considered impolite, with the more polite "Maaf?" or "Sori?" preferred.
köken: From Proto-Malayic *apa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *apa (compare Māori aha).