köken: From Middle High German etewaʒ, from Old High German eddeshwaz, from edde- + hwaz. The first element is of obscure origin, but possibly related to Proto-Germanic *ehþau (“otherwise, or, but if”), source of modern oder (“or”). Compare Icelandic eitthvað, Dutch ietwat.
what: e.g. (1) asking for a subject complement; (2) asking for a sentence object · what: e.g. (1) as the object of a sentence; (2) ditto · that: e.g. (1) modifying an indefinite pronoun like iets, niets, alles or het enige; (2) modifying an adjective that is used as a noun, usually a superlative
eş: ietwat
köken: From Middle Dutch wat, from Old Dutch wat, from Proto-West Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷód, *kʷod, compare West Frisian wat, English what, German was, Danish hvad.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *troxa Old Polish trocha Old Polish trochę Polish trochę Inherited from Old Polish trochę. Accusative singular of trocha. Compare odrobinę, parę, or Hungarian egy kicsit.
something (inanimate singular) · a little, a bit · somethings, some people (animate/inanimate plural (some))
köken: From Old Hindi कछु (kachu) undergoing metathesis, from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀺𑀁𑀘𑀺 (kiṃci); see there for more. Cognate with Bengali কিছু (kichu) and Punjabi ਕੁਝ (kujh). Originally the neuter nominative singular form of a paradigm whose masculine form became कोई (koī) and genitive form became किसी (kisī). See 𑀓𑁄𑀇 (koi) and 𑀓𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀇 (kassaï) for more.
köken: Etymology tree Latin ali- Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷos Proto-Italic *kʷoi Latin quei Latin quī Latin aliquī From ali- (“some-”) + quī (“which”).
köken: From Old Danish nokær, nogher, noghen, from Old Norse nǫkkurr, cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk nokon and Swedish någon. Grammaticalization of the phrase Proto-Germanic *ne wait ek hwarjaz (“I don't know who = somebody”). For the expression, compare Old English nāthwylc (“somebody”) (from *ne wāt hwylċ), Middle High German neizwer (“somebody”) (from *ne weiz wer), Latin nescio quis (“somebody”).…
köken: From Middle Welsh peth, from Old Welsh ped, from Proto-Brythonic *peθ (compare Cornish pyth, Breton pezh), from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis (compare Irish cuid). Cognate with English piece.
aile: cas beth, hen beth, hyllbeth, pa beth, beth?, peth da, pethach, petheuach, popeth, rhywbeth