hwilc

Old English

Alternative forms

hwælc (Northumbrian)
hwȳlċ, hwelc

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwilīkaz (“what kind of”), a compound of *hwaz and *-līkaz from the noun *līką (“body”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hwilt͡ʃ/

Pronoun

hwilċ

(Late West Saxon) which

Descendants

English: which
Scots: whilk

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