köken: From Middle High German warumme, war umme, warumbe, war umbe, from Old High German wār umbe. Equivalent to wo (“where”) + um (“in order to, for the purpose of”), thus “for what purpose”. Doublet of worum, but with the older vocalism preserved. Compare Dutch waarom, which has both meanings.
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.
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köken: From για (gia, “for”) + τί (tí, “what”). Compare similar constructions in the Romance languages: Italian perché, Spanish por qué, French pourquoi.
köken: A compound of var (“what”) + för, from Old Swedish hvar fore. Compare Norwegian and Danish hvorfor, English wherefore, Dutch waarvoor, German wofür.
eş: czemu, po co, z jakiego powodu, z jakiej przyczyny, czego
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köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰe? Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰō Proto-Balto-Slavic *źō Proto-Slavic *za Bulgarian за (za) Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Balto-Slavic *ki Proto-Slavic *čь Proto-Indo-European *só Proto-Balto-Slavic *tas Proto-Slavic *tъ Proto-Slavic *čьto Bulgarian що (što) univ. Bulgarian защо By surface analysis, univerbation of за (za) + що (što),…