“What” in 47 languages

Tap ▶ to hear it. 47 of 47 come from or match Wiktionary. Languages from the same family sit together, so you can see the shared roots.

Romance

• CatalanquèFrom Wiktionary▶
• FrenchquoiFrom Wiktionary▶
• GalicianqueFrom Wiktionary▶
• Italianche cosaFrom Wiktionary▶
• LatinquidFrom Wiktionary▶
• Portugueseo queFrom Wiktionary▶
• RomanianceFrom Wiktionary▶
• SpanishquéFrom Wiktionary▶

Slavic

• Bulgarianкакво́kakvóFrom Wiktionary▶
• CroatianštoFrom Wiktionary▶
• CzechcoFrom Wiktionary▶
• PolishcoFrom Wiktionary▶
• RussianчтоštoFrom Wiktionary▶
• SlovakčoFrom Wiktionary▶
• SloveniankájFrom Wiktionary▶
• UkrainianщоščoFrom Wiktionary▶

Germanic

• DanishhvadFrom Wiktionary▶
• DutchwatFrom Wiktionary▶
• GermanwasFrom Wiktionary▶
• NorwegianhvaFrom Wiktionary▶
• SwedishvadFrom Wiktionary▶

Austronesian

• FilipinoanoFrom Wiktionary▶
• IndonesianapaFrom Wiktionary▶
• MalayapaFrom Wiktionary▶

Indo-Iranian

• BengaliকীkiFrom Wiktionary▶
• Hindiक्याkyāFrom Wiktionary▶
• UrduکْیاkyāFrom Wiktionary▶

Turkic

• AzerbaijaninəFrom Wiktionary▶
• KyrgyzэмнеemneFrom Wiktionary▶
• TurkishneFrom Wiktionary▶

Uralic

• EstonianmisFrom Wiktionary▶
• FinnishmikäFrom Wiktionary▶
• HungarianmiFrom Wiktionary▶

Baltic

• LatviankasFrom Wiktionary▶
• LithuaniankasFrom Wiktionary▶

Semitic

• ArabicمَاذَاmāḏāFrom Wiktionary▶
• HebrewמהmaFrom Wiktionary▶

Albanian

• AlbaniançfarëFrom Wiktionary▶

Bantu

• SwahilininiFrom Wiktionary▶

Basque (no relatives)

• BasquezerFrom Wiktionary▶

Celtic

• IrishcadFrom Wiktionary▶

Chinese

• Chinese什么shénmeFrom Wiktionary▶

Esperanto (built from Romance + Germanic)

• EsperantokioFrom Wiktionary▶

Japanese

• Japanese何naniFrom Wiktionary▶

Korean

• Korean무엇mueotFrom Wiktionary▶

Thai

• Thaiอะไรà-raiFrom Wiktionary▶

Vietnamese

• VietnamesegìFrom Wiktionary▶