which

Meanings

Pronoun

• What one or ones (of those mentioned or implied).
• Who; whom; what (of those mentioned or implied).
• Used of people (now generally who, whom or that).

Noun

• An occurrence of the word which.

Origin

• From Middle English which, hwic, wilche, hwilch, whilk, hwilc, from Old English hwelċ ("which"), from Proto-Germanic *hwilīkaz ("what kind"), derived from *hwaz, equivalent to who + like. Cognates include Scots whilk ("which"), West Frisian hokker ("which"), Dutch welk ("which"), Low German welk ("which"), German welcher ("which"), Danish hvilken ("which"), Swedish vilken ("which"), Norwegian hvilken ("which"), Icelandic hvílíkur ("which").