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From Middle English whennes, from Old English hwanon (with adverbial genitive -s), related to hwonne (whence when). Analyzable as when + -s.

112 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Amharic: ከየት (käyät) — from where; from which place or source
• Arabic: أَنَّى (ʔannā) — from where; from which place or source
• Arabic: مِن أَيْن (min ʔayn) — from where; from which place or source
• Arabic: مِن حَيْثُ (min ḥayṯu) — from where; from which place or source
• Arabic: منين (mnen) — from where; from which place or source
• Armenian: ուստի (usti) — from where; from which place or source
• Azerbaijani: haradan — from where; from which place or source
• Azerbaijani: hardan — from where; from which place or source
• Bashkir: ҡайҙан (qayźan) — from where; from which place or source
• Basque: nondik — from where; from which place or source
• Belarusian: адку́ль (adkúlʹ) — from where; from which place or source
• Bulgarian: откъде́ (otkǎdé) — from where; from which place or source
• Catalan: d'on — from where; from which place or source
• Catalan: des d'on — from where; from which place or source
• Chinese Mandarin: 何处 (hé chǔ) — from where; from which place or source
• Czech: odkud — from where; from which place or source
• Danish: hvorfra — from where; from which place or source
• Danish: hvoraf — from where; from which place or source
• Dutch: waarvandaan — from where; from which place or source
• Esperanto: de kie — from where; from which place or source
• Esperanto: el kie — from where; from which place or source
• Faroese: hvaðani — from where; from which place or source
• Finnish: mistä — from where; from which place or source
• Fore: forrt — from where; from which place or source
• Fore: gerrt — from where; from which place or source
• French: d'où — from where; from which place or source
• Galician: de onde — from where; from which place or source
• Georgian: საიდან (saidan) — from where; from which place or source
• Georgian: საიდანაც (saidanac) — from where; from which place or source
• German: woher — from where; from which place or source
• Gothic: 𐍈𐌰𐌸𐍂𐍉 (ƕaþrō) — from where; from which place or source
• Greek: αφού (afoú) — from where; from which place or source
• Ancient Greek: πόθεν (póthen) — from where; from which place or source
• Ancient Greek: ὅθεν (hóthen) — from where; from which place or source
• Ancient Greek: ὁπόθεν (hopóthen) — from where; from which place or source
• Gujarati: ક્યાંથી (kyā̃thī) — from where; from which place or source
• Hebrew: מֵאַיִן (meáin) — from where; from which place or source
• Hebrew: מִנַּיִן (minnáin) — from where; from which place or source
• Hindi: जहाँ (jahā̃) — from where; from which place or source
• Hungarian: honnan — from where; from which place or source
• Hungarian: honnét — from where; from which place or source
• Hungarian: miből — from where; from which place or source
• Hungarian: ahonnan — from where; from which place or source
• Hungarian: ahonnét — from where; from which place or source
• Hungarian: amiből — from where; from which place or source
• Hungarian: amelyből — from where; from which place or source
• Icelandic: hvaðan — from where; from which place or source
• Ido: deube — from where; from which place or source
• Ingrian: kust — from where; from which place or source
• Ingrian: mist — from where; from which place or source
• Italian: onde — from where; from which place or source
• Italian: donde — from where; from which place or source
• Italian: da dove — from where; from which place or source
• Japanese: どこから (doko kara) — from where; from which place or source
• Korean: 어디서 (eodiseo) — from where; from which place or source
• Latin: unde — from where; from which place or source
• Macedonian: од каде (od kade) — from where; from which place or source
• Malayalam: എവിടെനിന്ന് (eviṭeninnŭ) — from where; from which place or source
• Māori: nō hea — from where; from which place or source
• Māori: nō whea — from where; from which place or source
• Norwegian Bokmål: hvorfra — from where; from which place or source
• Norwegian Bokmål: hvorav — from where; from which place or source
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kvar ifrå — from where; from which place or source
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kor ifrå — from where; from which place or source
• Odia: କେଉଁଠାରୁ (keũṭhāru) — from where; from which place or source
• Old English: hwanon — from where; from which place or source
• Pannonian Rusyn: одкадз (odkadz) — from where; from which place or source
• Pannonian Rusyn: одкаль (odkalʹ) — from where; from which place or source
• Polish: skąd — from where; from which place or source
• Portuguese: donde — from where; from which place or source
• Portuguese: de onde — from where; from which place or source
• Quechua: maymanta — from where; from which place or source
• Romanian: de unde — from where; from which place or source
• Russian: отку́да (otkúda) — from where; from which place or source
• Scottish Gaelic: cò às — from where; from which place or source
• Serbo-Croatian: odakle — from where; from which place or source
• Serbo-Croatian: otkud — from where; from which place or source
• Shor: қайдаң — from where; from which place or source
• Slovak: odkiaľ — from where; from which place or source
• Slovene: od kod — from where; from which place or source
• Slovene: od koder — from where; from which place or source
• Spanish: de donde — from where; from which place or source
• Spanish: desde donde — from where; from which place or source
• Swedish: varifrån — from where; from which place or source
• Swedish: var i från — from where; from which place or source
• Swedish: vadan — from where; from which place or source
• Tibetan: ག་ནས (ga nas) — from where; from which place or source
• Turkish: nereden — from where; from which place or source
• Turkmen: nireden — from where; from which place or source
• Ukrainian: зві́дки (zvídky) — from where; from which place or source
• Vietnamese: từ đâu đến — from where; from which place or source
• Woiwurrung: inongo — from where; from which place or source
• Arabic: مِن حَيْث (min ḥayṯ) — conjunction
• Bulgarian: откъдето (otkǎdeto) — conjunction
• Faroese: hvaðani — conjunction
• Finnish: josta — conjunction
• Finnish: mistä — conjunction
• French: d'où — conjunction
• Galician: de aí — conjunction
• Galician: de onde — conjunction
• Galician: do cal — conjunction
• German: von daher — conjunction
• Hungarian: innen — conjunction
• Italian: onde — conjunction
• Italian: donde — conjunction
• Italian: da dove — conjunction
• Italian: da cui — conjunction
• Portuguese: de onde — conjunction
• Portuguese: donde — conjunction
• Spanish: de ahí — conjunction
• Spanish: de donde — conjunction
• Swedish: varför — conjunction