Als modales Interrogativadverb erfragt „wie“ ein Adverb beziehungsweise ein Adverbiale und damit die Art und Weise. Es steht stets an der Spitze eines Hauptsatzes oder eines Interrogativnebensatzes.
köken: From Middle High German wie, a merger of two interrelated forms: 1.) Old High German hwio, from older hwēo, from Proto-Germanic *hwaiwa; cognate with Gothic 𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰 (ƕaiwa). 2.) Old High German hwē, hwie, from Proto-Germanic *hwē; cognate with Gothic 𐍈𐌴 (ƕē). The latter is a variant of Proto-Germanic *hwī, whence English why, and is further a fossilized instrumental case of *hwaz, *hwat (“who,…
köken: Inherited from Old French coment (“how”). Analyzable as comme + -ment.
aile: comment allez-vous, comment vas-tu, comment ça, comment ça se fait, comment ça se peut, comment ça va, comment cela, comment c'est, comment les cannes sont, comment les zaricos
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.
in what manner, how · what about... (used to make a suggestion)
eş: いかに, いかが, いかん
köken: First cited to 1604 in the Portuguese work Arte da Lingoa de Iapam. The initial ど (do) may be cognate with the interrogative ど (do) seen in どれ (dore), どこ (doko), どち (dochi). Alternatively, possibly from older form だう (dau), much like the shift from かう (kau) → こう (kō, “like this, this way”), or さう (sau) → そう (sō, “like that, that way”). This shift is apparently suggested in the Arte da Lingoa de…
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís Proto-Balto-Slavic *is Proto-Slavic *jь Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kas Proto-Slavic *-kъ Proto-Slavic *jakъ Proto-Slavic *jako Old Polish jak Polish jak Inherited from Old Polish jak.