“Why” in 48 languages

Tap ▶ to hear it. 48 of 48 come from or match Wiktionary. Languages from the same family sit together, so you can see the shared roots.

Romance

• Catalanper quèFrom Wiktionary▶
• FrenchpourquoiFrom Wiktionary▶
• Galicianpor quéFrom Wiktionary▶
• ItalianperchéFrom Wiktionary▶
• LatincūrFrom Wiktionary▶
• Portuguesepor queFrom Wiktionary▶
• Romaniande ceFrom Wiktionary▶
• Spanishpor quéFrom Wiktionary▶

Slavic

• Bulgarianзащо́zaštóFrom Wiktionary▶
• CroatianzaštoFrom Wiktionary▶
• CzechpročFrom Wiktionary▶
• PolishdlaczegoFrom Wiktionary▶
• Russianпочему́počemúFrom Wiktionary▶
• SlovakprečoFrom Wiktionary▶
• SlovenianzakájFrom Wiktionary▶
• Ukrainianчому́čomúFrom Wiktionary▶

Germanic

• DanishhvorforFrom Wiktionary▶
• DutchwaaromFrom Wiktionary▶
• GermanwarumFrom Wiktionary▶
• NorwegianhvorforFrom Wiktionary▶
• SwedishvarförFrom Wiktionary▶

Indo-Iranian

• BengaliকেনkenoFrom Wiktionary▶
• Hindiक्योंkyõFrom Wiktionary▶
• PersianچراčerâFrom Wiktionary▶
• UrduکیوںkyõFrom Wiktionary▶

Austronesian

• FilipinobakitFrom Wiktionary▶
• IndonesianmengapaFrom Wiktionary▶
• MalaymengapaFrom Wiktionary▶

Turkic

• AzerbaijaniniyəFrom Wiktionary▶
• Kyrgyzэмне үчүнemne ücünFrom Wiktionary▶
• TurkishnedenFrom Wiktionary▶

Uralic

• EstonianmiksFrom Wiktionary▶
• FinnishmiksiFrom Wiktionary▶
• HungarianmiértFrom Wiktionary▶

Baltic

• LatviankāpēcFrom Wiktionary▶
• LithuaniankodėlFrom Wiktionary▶

Semitic

• ArabicلِمَاذَاlimāḏāFrom Wiktionary▶
• HebrewלָמָהlámaFrom Wiktionary▶

Albanian

• AlbanianpseFrom Wiktionary▶

Bantu

• SwahilikwajeFrom Wiktionary▶

Basque (no relatives)

• BasquezergatikFrom Wiktionary▶

Celtic

• Irishcad chuigeFrom Wiktionary▶

Chinese

• Chinese为什么wèishénmeFrom Wiktionary▶

Esperanto (built from Romance + Germanic)

• EsperantokialFrom Wiktionary▶

Japanese

• Japanese何故nazeFrom Wiktionary▶

Korean

• Korean왜waeFrom Wiktionary▶

Thai

• Thaiทำไมtam-maiFrom Wiktionary▶

Vietnamese

• VietnamesesaoFrom Wiktionary▶