hwi
See also: hwị
Cornish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- why (Standard Cornish, Standard Written Form with Traditional Graphs)
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Celtic *swīs (compare Breton c’hwi, Welsh chi, Old Irish síi), from Proto-Indo-European *wos.
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]hwi
- (Standard Written Form) you (formal or plural)
Kubo
[edit]Noun
[edit]hwi
References
[edit]- Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67
Old English
[edit]Adverb
[edit]hwī
- Alternative form of hwȳ
Old Saxon
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *hwī (“with what”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]hwī
- why
- Heliand, verse 2026-2027
- Te huī sprikis thū thes wīf, sō filu manos mī far thesoro mėnigi?
- Why do you speak of that, woman, so much (you) remind me pressingly in front of this crowd?
- Heliand, verse 2026-2027
Related terms
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- Cornish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Cornish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Cornish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Cornish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Cornish lemmas
- Cornish pronouns
- Kubo lemmas
- Kubo nouns
- Old English lemmas
- Old English adverbs
- Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Saxon terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Saxon lemmas
- Old Saxon adverbs
- Old Saxon terms with quotations