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: From Proto-Turkic *nē- (“what”), the only Turkic root beginning with /n/. "The earliest [Proto-Turkic] form must have contained a unique initial nasal (generally nasals were not allowed word-initially), having yielded specific reflexes in modern languages." Cognate with Bashkir ни (ni, “what”), Chuvash мӗн (mĕn, “what”), Karakhanid [script needed] (nē, “what”), Kazakh не (ne, “what”), Khakas ниме…
aile: heç nə, nağarmaq, neyləmək, nəçi, nolmaq
Bu nə deməkdir?
Babam durub oturdu, mən də qaça – qaça onların yanına gəldim ki, görüm, Əyyub dayı nə deyir, babam nə deyir.
köken: From *neme / *nämä "what", from Proto-Turkic *nē- (“what”). -me is an interrogative formant. Cognate with Azerbaijani nəmənə, Old Turkic [script needed] (nemä, “something”), Kyrgyz неме (neme, “something”) and эмне (emne, “what?”), Bashkir нимә (nimə, “what?”), Uzbek nima, Uyghur نېمە (nëme, “what?”), Khakas ниме (nime, “what?”), etc.
köken: Metathesized from *neme / *nämä "what", from Proto-Turkic *nē- (“what”). -me is an interrogative formant. Cognate with Azerbaijani nəmənə, Old Turkic [script needed] (nemä, “something”), Turkmen näme Bashkir нимә (nimə), Uzbek nima, Uyghur نېمە (nëme), Khakas ниме (nime), etc.
köken: From *neme / *nämä "what", from Proto-Turkic *nē- (“what”). -me is an interrogative formant. Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (nemä, “something”), Kyrgyz неме (neme, “something”), Kyrgyz эмне (emne, “what?”), Bashkir нимә (nimə, “what?”) / нәмә (nəmə, “something”), Uzbek nima, Turkmen näme (“what?”), Khakas ниме (nime, “what?”), etc.
köken: From *neme / *nämä "what", from Proto-Turkic *nē- (“what”). -me is an interrogative formant. Doublet of нәмә (nəmə). Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (nemä, “something”); Kyrgyz неме (neme, “something”), Kyrgyz эмне (emne, “what?”), Turkmen näme (“what?”), Uzbek nima, Uyghur نېمە (nëme), نىمە (nime, “what?”), Khakas ниме (nime, “what?”), Shor небе (“thing”), 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…
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…