Where does “hvilken” come from?

hvilken (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse hvílíkr, from Proto-Germanic hwilīkaz, from Proto-Germanic hwaz, from Proto-Indo-European kʷos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷ- — The primary interrogative root.

hvilken (Norwegian Bokmål): which

Definitions

  1. which

Ancestry of “hvilken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehvílíkr—
2Proto-Germanichwilīkazwhat kind of, what sort of
3Proto-Germanichwazwho, what; whose; whom
4Proto-Indo-EuropeankʷosSee *kʷis
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷ-The primary interrogative root
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwaz →