英文词源
- why
- why: [OE] Why goes back to Indo-European *qwei, the locative case of the interrogative base *qwo- (source of English what and who). This passed into prehistoric Germanic as *khwī, which has since died out in all the Germanic languages apart from Danish (hvi) and English (why).
- why (adv.)
- Old English hwi, instrumental case (indicating for what purpose or by what means) of hwæt (see what), from Proto-Germanic adverb *hwi (cognates: Old Saxon hwi, Old Norse hvi), from PIE *kwi- (source of Greek pei "where"), locative of *kwo- "who" (see who). As an interjection of surprise or emphasis, recorded from 1510s. As a noun, "cause, reason" from c. 1300.
中文词源
来自PIE*kwo,印欧语疑问代词根，词源同who,where,why,how.
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：why 词源，why 含义。
来自 PIE*kwo,疑问代词词干，词源同 who,where,why,how.
