vem
Swedish
pronoun
Definitions
- who, whom
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse hveim derived from Proto-Germanic *hwaz (who).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hwaz
Gloss
who
Concept
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- elsewhom English
- whom English
- whomever English
- whomsoever English
- whomst English
- wer German
- *kʷis Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷos Proto-Indo-European
- hvem Norwegian Bokmål
- *hwanǭ Proto-Germanic
- *hwarjaz Proto-Germanic
- *hwat Proto-Germanic
- *hwaz Proto-Germanic
- hwa Old English
- hwā Old English
- whom Middle English
- hvar Old Norse
- hvat Old Norse
- hveim Old Norse
- hvilken Danish
- wer Old High German
- 𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰 Gothic
- 𐍈𐌰𐍃 Gothic
- *hwaʀ gmw-pro
- hwem Westrobothnian
- hwā Old Frisian
- wer Hunsrik
- hwa Old Danish