köken: From Middle Dutch alse, an unstressed form of also (modern alzo). The sense “whether” is possibly a semantic loan from Sranan Tongo efu (“if, when; if, whether”).
Als je die knop indrukt, gaat de computer uit.
Als het regent worden alle daken nat.
Dinsdagochtend op een grindpad / Het weekend geweest / Men maakt zich op / Voor de wandeling / Als ging men naar een feest
köken: From Old Norse um, from Proto-Germanic *umbi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi. * As a conjunction, um superseded or blended with Old Norse ef and em, taking on their function as well. This is from Proto-Germanic *jabai (“when, if”), whence also English if and German ob. Doublet of jäv, direct descendant of ef (see that for more)
if (supposing that) · When followed by mikä/mikään or kuka/kukaan, serves to emphasize the truth of a characterization; often preceded by a demonstrative or personal pronoun. · if, whether (used to introduce an indirect question)
köken: From Proto-Finnic *jos. Originally the lative singular of joka (relative pronoun); jo- + -s (lative suffix).
aile: entä jos, joskaan, joskin, josko, jospa, jossitella, mitä jos