wer
German (Berlin)
/veːɐ̯/
pronoun
Definitions
- (interrogative) who what person or people
- (interrogative) what, which (one) (see usage notes)
- (relative) whoever, he who, someone who, the person who, anyone who whatever person or persons
- (indefinite) somebody, someone; anybody, anyone an unspecified person
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *hwaz (who) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis (what, who, interrogative base).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kʷis
Gloss
what, who, interrogative base
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Cognates and derived terms
- Who-athon English
- elsewho English
- everwho English
- which English
- who English
- who'da English
- who've English
- whoever English
- whosoever English
- you-know-who English
- cuius Latin
- quirquir Latin
- quālis Latin
- quī Latin
- Fall German
- Werfall German
- πού Ancient Greek
- ποῖος Ancient Greek
- τί Ancient Greek
- τίς Ancient Greek
- τις Ancient Greek
- *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷe- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷis Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷos Proto-Indo-European
- *hwan Proto-Germanic
- *hwanǭ Proto-Germanic
- *hwarjaz Proto-Germanic
- *hwat Proto-Germanic
- *hwaz Proto-Germanic
- *hwēr Proto-Germanic
- hwa Old English
- hwā Old English
- who Middle English
- hvar Old Norse
- hvat Old Norse
- hveim Old Norse
- hvem Danish
- hvemsomhelst Danish
- hvilken Danish
- *kъto Proto-Slavic
- wer Old High German
- whois Translingual
- wer Middle High German
- 𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰 Gothic
- 𐍈𐌰𐍃 Gothic
- *hwaʀ gmw-pro
- *kʷēs Proto-Celtic
- wes Middle Low German
- ber Cimbrian
- bèar Cimbrian
- wër Alemannic German
- *kʷis Proto-Italic
- hwā Old Frisian
- 𐭰𐭩 Middle Persian
- kî Northern Kurdish
- wer Hunsrik
- hwa Old Danish
- چ Central Kurdish
- چی Central Kurdish
- hu Kriol