Interrogatives

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Interrogatives are words used in asking questions.

Contents 1 Indo-European 2 English Interrogatives 3 Latin Interrogatives 4 Spanish Interrogatives 5 See also

[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?

[edit] See also

• Interrogative mood