köken: From Middle High German daȥ, from Old High German daȥ, from Proto-Germanic *þat. Compare Silesian East Central German doas, Dutch dat, English that. Doublet of dass. Distinction from dass is purely orthographical convention.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷísder. Latin quālis Spanish cuál Inherited from Old Spanish qual, from Latin quālis (“which”).
¿Cuáles gatos adoptaste del refugio?
Tengo que ir al aeropuerto, y todavía no sé cuál camino escoger.
köken: Inherited from Old East Slavic къи (kŷi), from Proto-Slavic *kъjь (“who, what, which”), from *kъ (“who”) + *-jь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kas (“who”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos (“who”).
köken: From *qayïsï "which", which is a possessive form of *qayï "which", from Proto-Turkic *ka- (“interrogative particle”). Cognate with Tatar кайсы (qaysı), Kazakh қайсы (qaisy), Southern Altai кажы (kažï), кайсы (kaysï) Kumyk къайсы (qaysı), Uzbek qaysi, Uyghur قايسى (qaysi), Khakas хайзы (xayzı), etc.
köken: From *qaysï "which", which is a possessive form of *qay "which", from Proto-Turkic *ka- (“interrogative particle”). Cognate with Tatar кайсы (qaysı), Kazakh қайсы (qaisy), Kyrgyz кайсы (kaysı), Uzbek qaysi, Uyghur قايسى (qaysi), Khakas хайзы (xayzı), etc.
köken: Originally a contraction of Middle Korean 므스〮 (mùsú, “what”) + 것 (kès, “thing”). First attested in the Sok samgang haengsildo jungganbon (續三綱行實圖 重刊本 / 속삼강행실도 중간본), 1581, as Middle Korean 므엇 (Yale: mues), also given as 무엇 (Yale: mwues) in the same work. Also attested in the Sohak eonhae (小學諺解 / 소학언해), 1586, as Middle Korean 므섯 (Yale: muses). This is the more conservative form, although it happens…
köken: From Old Swedish som or sum, in Runic inscriptions also sim, same as Icelandic sem, from Old Norse sem. Also related to the prefix sam- (“co-, common, together”) and suffix -sam (“-some, -like”). Still in the Poetic Edda, the Icelandic sem is only used as a comparative particle, e.g. Hávamál 23 allt er víl sem var (And his woe is just as it was). With time it has displaced other relative…
interrogative pronoun; what · pronoun for introducing a subordinate clause that narrows the scope of the main clause; which, that; what; who · pronoun that attaches a relative clause to the main clause; which, that; what; who
eş: c.o.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Indo-European *kʷídder. Proto-Slavic *česo Old Polish czso Polish co Inherited from Old Polish czso.
aile: dopiero co, o mało co, póki co, co niemiara, co za, bądź co bądź, co dopiero, co gorsza, co więcej, nie ma co
Co to?
Znam takiego gościa, co ma konia.
Ta kobieta, co mieszkała w tym mieszkaniu, wyjechała do Niemiec.
marks the genitive case: -'s, of, belonging to · part of, originating from · made of, consisting of
köken: Inherited from Old Hindi का (kā), कौ (kau), केरा (kerā), कर (kara), from Apabhramsa केर (kera) from Prakrit केर (kera), which could be used in conjunction with the genitive case to indicate relation or possession. Ultimately from Sanskrit कार्य (kāryá, “to be done”), whence also काज (kāj, “task”) and कार्य (kārya, “work”). Related to the -रा (-rā) suffix in मेरा (merā), तेरा (terā), etc. Cognate…