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 *hwi- +‎ *-līkaz, the former being the stem of *hwaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxʷi.liː.kɑz/

Determiner

*hwilīkaz

1. what kind of, what sort of

Inflection

Declension of *hwilīkaz (a-stem)

Strong declension
Case	Masculine		Feminine		Neuter
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hwilīkaz	*hwilīkai	*hwilīkō	*hwilīkôz	*hwilīką, -atō	*hwilīkō
Accusative	*hwilīkanǭ	*hwilīkanz	*hwilīkǭ	*hwilīkōz	*hwilīką, -atō	*hwilīkō
Genitive	*hwilīkas, -is	*hwilīkaizǫ̂	*hwilīkaizōz	*hwilīkaizǫ̂	*hwilīkas, -is	*hwilīkaizǫ̂
Dative	*hwilīkammai	*hwilīkaimaz	*hwilīkaizōi	*hwilīkaimaz	*hwilīkammai	*hwilīkaimaz
Instrumental	*hwilīkanō	*hwilīkaimiz	*hwilīkaizō	*hwilīkaimiz	*hwilīkanō	*hwilīkaimiz
Weak declension
Case	Masculine		Feminine		Neuter
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hwilīkô	*hwilīkaniz	*hwilīkǭ	*hwilīkōniz	*hwilīkô	*hwilīkōnō
Accusative	*hwilīkanų	*hwilīkanunz	*hwilīkōnų	*hwilīkōnunz	*hwilīkô	*hwilīkōnō
Genitive	*hwilīkiniz	*hwilīkanǫ̂	*hwilīkōniz	*hwilīkōnǫ̂	*hwilīkiniz	*hwilīkanǫ̂
Dative	*hwilīkini	*hwilīkammaz	*hwilīkōni	*hwilīkōmaz	*hwilīkini	*hwilīkammaz
Instrumental	*hwilīkinē	*hwilīkammiz	*hwilīkōnē	*hwilīkōmiz	*hwilīkinē	*hwilīkammiz

Related terms

• *swalīkaz

Descendants

• Old English: hwelċ, hwilċ, hwylċ
  • Middle English: hwilc, hwic, whilk, hwilch, hwulch, wilche, whuch, which
    • Early Scots: quhilk
      • Scots: whilk
    • English: which
• Old Frisian: hwelik, hwelk, hwek, hulk, huk, hok
  • North Frisian: hock
  • Saterland Frisian: wäl; wäkker, wäkke
  • West Frisian: hokker
• Old Saxon: hwilīk
  • Middle Low German: welk
    • German Low German: welke, wecke
    • Low German: welk
• Old Dutch: welik
  • Middle Dutch: welc
    • Dutch: welk
• Old High German: welih, hwalīh, hwelīh, hwilīh, wilih
  • Middle High German: welich, welch
    • German: welch
• 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
    • Norwegian Bokmål: hvilken
• Gothic: 𐍈𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (ƕileiks)