whither

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• /ˈwɪðəː/ wine–whine merger
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• [ˈwɪðəː] wine–whine merger
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• /ˈʍɪðəː/ without the wine–whine merger
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• [ˈʍɪðəː] without the wine–whine merger
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• /ˈwɪðɚ/ wine–whine merger
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• [ˈwɪðɚ] ~ [ˈwɪðɹ̩] wine–whine merger
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• /ˈʍɪðɚ/ without the wine–whine merger
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• [ˈʍɪðɚ] ~ [ˈʍɪðɹ̩] without the wine–whine merger
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• rhymes with -ɪðə(ɹ)
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• homophone: wither (wine–whine merger)
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• CMU ARPABET: W IH1 DH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: HH W IH1 DH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English whider (“to what place?; into or to which; to what place, where; no matter where, to wherever”), from Old English hwider, hwæder (“to what place, where”), from Proto-Germanic *hwadrê (“to what place, where”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kwos (“what; which”), from *kw- (the primary interrogative root).

The verb is borrowed from Scots whidder, whither (“(of the wind) to bluster; to move quickly”), a frequentative form of whid (“(of wind) to gust; to move quickly”), of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin, from Old Norse hviða (“gust of wind”). Related to Middle English hwiþa, whyȝt (“breeze; wind”), Old English hwiþa, hwiþu, hweoþu (“breeze”). The noun is derived from the verb.

78 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: إِلَى أَيْنَ (ʔilā ʔayna) — to which place — see also where
• Asturian: ú — to which place — see also where
• Asturian: aú — to which place — see also where
• Asturian: onde — to which place — see also where
• Asturian: ónde — to which place — see also where
• Belarusian: куды́ (kudý) — to which place — see also where
• Bulgarian: накъде́ (nakǎdé) — to which place — see also where
• Chinese Mandarin: 哪裡 /哪里 (nǎlǐ) — to which place — see also where
• Chinese Mandarin: 哪兒 /哪儿 (nǎr) — to which place — see also where
• Czech: kam — to which place — see also where
• Danish: hvorhen — to which place — see also where
• Dutch: waarheen — to which place — see also where
• Dutch: werwaarts — to which place — see also where
• Esperanto: kien — to which place — see also where
• Faroese: hvagar — to which place — see also where
• Finnish: minne — to which place — see also where
• Finnish: kunne — to which place — see also where
• French: où — to which place — see also where
• German: wohin — to which place — see also where
• Gothic: 𐍈𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌴 (ƕadrē) — to which place — see also where
• Gothic: 𐍈𐌰𐌸 (ƕaþ) — to which place — see also where
• Ancient Greek: ᾗ (hēî) — to which place — see also where
• Ancient Greek: οἷ (hoî) — to which place — see also where
• Ancient Greek: ποῖ (poî) — to which place — see also where
• Hebrew: לְאָן (l’án) — to which place — see also where
• Hungarian: hova — to which place — see also where
• Hungarian: hová — to which place — see also where
• Hungarian: merrefelé — to which place — see also where
• Icelandic: hvert — to which place — see also where
• Ingrian: kuhu — to which place — see also where
• Ingrian: kunne — to which place — see also where
• Ingrian: mihe — to which place — see also where
• Italian: a dove — to which place — see also where
• Japanese: どこへ (doko e) — to which place — see also where
• Korean: 어디 (eodi) — to which place — see also where
• Korean: 어디에 (eodie) — to which place — see also where
• Australian Kriol: wijei — to which place — see also where
• Latin: quō — to which place — see also where
• Latvian: kur — to which place — see also where
• Latvian: kurp — to which place — see also where
• Macedonian: каде (kade) — to which place — see also where
• Macedonian: накаде (nakade) — to which place — see also where
• Norwegian Bokmål: hvor — to which place — see also where
• Norwegian Bokmål: hvor hen — to which place — see also where
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kor — to which place — see also where
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kvar — to which place — see also where
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kvart — to which place — see also where
• Church Slavic: ꙗмѡ (jamo) — to which place — see also where
• Church Slavic: камѡ (kamo) — to which place — see also where
• Old English: hwæder — to which place — see also where
• Pannonian Rusyn: кадзи (kadzi) — to which place — see also where
• Polish: dokąd — to which place — see also where
• Portuguese: aonde — to which place — see also where
• Portuguese: onde — to which place — see also where
• Portuguese: para onde — to which place — see also where
• Romanian: încotro — to which place — see also where
• Russian: куда́ (kudá) — to which place — see also where
• Serbo-Croatian: ка̏мо — to which place — see also where
• Serbo-Croatian: ку̀да — to which place — see also where
• Serbo-Croatian: kȁmo — to which place — see also where
• Serbo-Croatian: kùda — to which place — see also where
• Slovak: kam — to which place — see also where
• Slovene: kam — to which place — see also where
• Spanish: adónde — to which place — see also where
• Spanish: adonde — to which place — see also where
• Swedish: vart — to which place — see also where
• Swedish: varthän — to which place — see also where
• Swedish: vartill — to which place — see also where
• Turkish: nereye — to which place — see also where
• Ukrainian: куди́ (kudý) — to which place — see also where
• Vietnamese: đâu — to which place — see also where
• Volapük: kipladio — to which place — see also where
• Yiddish: וווּהין (vuhin) — to which place — see also where
• Finnish: minne — to what (future) cause, condition or state, reason, etc. — see also where
• Finnish: jonne — to which place; (after a noun denoting a place) to which
• Finnish: jonne — to the place in or to which
• Finnish: paikka — place to which someone or something goes; condition to which someone or something moves
• Finnish: huimaus — slight bout of discomfort or illness