Where does “vilken” come from?

vilken (Swedish) 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.

vilken (Swedish): which (interrogative determiner)

Definitions

  1. which (interrogative determiner)

Ancestry of “vilken”, 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

Words derived from “vilken”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwaz →