Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwilīkaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *hwī (what) +‎ *-līkaz (-like), the former being the stem of *hwaz (what, who).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxʷi.liː.kɑz/

Determiner

*hwilīkaz

  1. what kind of, what sort of

Inflection

Declension of *hwilīkaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *hwilīkaz *hwilīkō *hwilīką, -atō *hwilīkai *hwilīkôz *hwilīkō
accusative *hwilīkanǭ *hwilīkǭ *hwilīką, -atō *hwilīkanz *hwilīkōz *hwilīkō
genitive *hwilīkas, -is *hwilīkaizōz *hwilīkas, -is *hwilīkaizǫ̂ *hwilīkaizǫ̂ *hwilīkaizǫ̂
dative *hwilīkammai *hwilīkaizōi *hwilīkammai *hwilīkaimaz *hwilīkaimaz *hwilīkaimaz
instrumental *hwilīkanō *hwilīkaizō *hwilīkanō *hwilīkaimiz *hwilīkaimiz *hwilīkaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *hwilīkô *hwilīkǭ *hwilīkô *hwilīkaniz *hwilīkōniz *hwilīkōnō
accusative *hwilīkanų *hwilīkōnų *hwilīkô *hwilīkanunz *hwilīkōnunz *hwilīkōnō
genitive *hwilīkiniz *hwilīkōniz *hwilīkiniz *hwilīkanǫ̂ *hwilīkōnǫ̂ *hwilīkanǫ̂
dative *hwilīkini *hwilīkōni *hwilīkini *hwilīkammaz *hwilīkōmaz *hwilīkammaz
instrumental *hwilīkinē *hwilīkōnē *hwilīkinē *hwilīkammiz *hwilīkōmiz *hwilīkammiz

Descendants

  • Old English: hwelċ, hwilċ, hwylċ
  • Old Frisian: hwelik, hwelk, hwek, hulk, huk, hok
  • Old Saxon: hwilīk
  • Old Dutch: welik
  • Old High German: welih, hwalīh, hwelīh, hwilīh, wilih
  • Old Norse: hvíglíkr, hvílíkr (most descendants from accusative hvílíkan)
    • Icelandic: hvílíkur
    • Faroese: hvílíkur
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: hokken (merged with hvatki; non-standard since 2012), hokke som (from the neuter hokke)
    • Old Swedish: hvilikin, hulkin
      • Swedish: vilken, (dialectal) hóken, hôkken
    • Danish: hvilken
  • Gothic: 𐍈𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (ƕileiks)

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xwi-līkaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 201