hwi

See also: hwị

Cornish

Alternative forms

why (Standard Cornish, Standard Written Form with Traditional Graphs)

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *swīs (compare Breton c’hwi, Welsh chi, Old Irish síi), from Proto-Indo-European *wos.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʍiː/, /ʍəɪ/

Pronoun

hwi

(Standard Written Form) you (formal or plural)

Kubo

Noun

hwi

water

References

Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwī (“with what”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hwiː/

Adverb

hwī

why

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