hvi

From Old Norse hví, from Proto-Germanic *hwī, cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk kvi (archaic), Swedish vi (archaic), English why.

• IPA^(key): /viːˀ/, [ˈʋiˀ]
• Homophone: vig

hvi

1. (archaic or poetic) why

• hvorfor

From Old Norse hví; cognate with Icelandic hví, Faroese hví, Norwegian Nynorsk kvi , Old English hwi (English why).

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋi]

hvi

1. (archaic or poetic) why

   Men hvi skal jeg være så hardt beklemt?

   But why should I be so very anxious?

• hvorfor

• “hvi” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “hvi” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

hvi

1. obsolete spelling of vi (“why”)