Interrogatives
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Interrogatives are words used in asking questions.
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[edit] Indo-European
Note: All Indo-European words given here are hypothetical and are reconstructed based on records of extant languages.
- kwo-/kwi-
[edit] English Interrogatives
- how? < Middle English (hou, how) < Old English (hū) < Indo-European (kwo-) (hypothetical, see above)
- what? < Middle English (what) < Old English (hwæt) < Indo-European (kwo-) (hypothetical, see above)
- when? < Middle English (when, wane) < Old English (hwanne, hwenne) < Indo-European (kwo-) (hypothetical, see above)
- where? < Middle English (wher, where) < Old English (hwær) < Indo-European (kwo) (hypothetical, see above)
- which? < Middle English (which, wilke) < Old English (hwilc, hwelc) < Indo-European (kwo-) (hypothetical, see above)
- who? < Middle English (who, qua) < Old English (hwā) < Indo-European (kwo-) (hypothetical, see above)
- whose? < Middle English (whoos) < Old English (hwæs) < Indo-European (kwo-) (hypothetical, see above)
- whom? < Middle English (whom, whome) < Old English (hæwm) < Indo-European (kwo-) (hypothetical, see above)
- why? < Middle English (why) < Old English (hwy) < Indo-European (kwo-) (hypothetical, see above)
[edit] Latin Interrogatives
- quomodo?
- quid?
- quando?
- ubi?
- quis?
- cur?
[edit] Spanish Interrogatives
- ¿cómo? - how?
- ¿cuándo? - when?
- ¿dónde? - where?
- ¿por qué? - why?
- ¿cuál? / ¿cuáles? - which?/what?
- ¿qué? - what
- ¿quien? - who?
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