well!, so!; used to introduce a statement · oh, hm, huh, och, nu; expressing a (usually mild) degree of surprise, doubt, or frustration · huh?; used as a question marker, often implying that the speaker knows the answer
köken: Perhaps from an unstressed form of nu. Compare also Swedish nå, Russian ну (nu), Finnish no, and their cognates.
eş: come mai ?, in base a che cosa ?, per quale causa ?, per quale motivo?, per quale ragione?, per quale scopo?
köken: Univerbation of per (“for”) + che (“which”), probably inherited from Vulgar Latin. Compare Neapolitan pecché, Sicilian pirchì, and further Romance parallels such as Sardinian pro chite, French pourquoi, Spanish porque/por qué, Portuguese porque/por que.
how (in what way, in what manner) (translated as "what" with some verbs) · how (to what extent/degree) · how (to a significant extent/degree) (used to indicate surprise, delight or horror)
eş: каким образом, насколько, сколь, когда, с тех пор как, до чего
köken: Inherited from Old East Slavic како (kako), from Proto-Slavic *kako.
come on; modal particle indicating a certain degree of urgency or impatience on behalf of the speaker. · modal particle expressing a certain contrast or disjuncture · alternative form of nu: now, at the present time
eş: nu
köken: From Middle Dutch nou, a variant of nu, from Old Dutch nu, from Proto-West Germanic *nū, from Proto-Germanic *nu.
ερωτηματικό μόριο που αναφέρεται στον λόγο, την αιτία ή τον σκοπό μιας πράξης
köken: From για (gia, “for”) + τί (tí, “what”). Compare similar constructions in the Romance languages: Italian perché, Spanish por qué, French pourquoi.
used at the beginning of a sentence for emphasis · used at the beginning of a sentence; similar in meaning to the English "hey, not so fast", especially when used multiple times · that much, so, so much so; emphasizes the scale of a quality
eş: ale
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)ōd Proto-Balto-Slavic *ō Proto-Slavic *a Proto-Slavic *le univ. Proto-Slavic *ale Old Polish ale Proto-Indo-European *gʰe Proto-Balto-Slavic *ge Proto-Slavic *že Old Polish -ż Old Polish ależ Polish ależ Inherited from Old Polish ależ. By surface analysis, ale + -ż.
why; for what reason; wherefore; to what purpose; from what motive
köken: From Old Latin quūr, quōr, from Proto-Italic *kʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷór (“where”) (with pre-resonant and monosyllabic lengthening), from *kʷos (“interrogative determiner”) + *-r (“adverbial suffix”). For other Indo-European cognates, compare: * Sanskrit कर्हि॑ (kárhi, “when”), Proto-Germanic *hwar (“where”) < *kʷór * Old English hwǣr (“where”), Old High German hwār (“where”) < *kʷēr *…