English-Estonian translations for whence

• kust
  Härra juhataja, kust on pärit meie kinnisidee seoses paljurahvuseliste riikide säilitamisega nende elanike soovide kiuste? Mr President, whence comes our obsession with preserving multi-ethnic states regardless of the wishes of their inhabitants?
  Tema tapmiseks kasutatud ainet poloonium 210 kontrollitakse rangelt ja selle liikumine tagasi algallika juurde Venemaal on hõlpsalt jälgitav, isegi kuni esialgse partiini, kust see pärines. The substance used to kill him, polonium-210, is strictly controlled and is easily traceable back to its source in Russia, even down to the original batch from whence it came.
  Tuletaksin täiskogule meelde, et sellised karmid tingimused ei ole sugugi võrreldavad loomade vedamise suurte vahemaadega Lõuna-Ameerikas, kust me hea meelega impordime! I would remind the House that such onerous conditions would not compare at all with the huge distances that animals are transported in South America, from whence we happily import!

Definition of whence

• From where; from which place or source

Examples

• Whence came I?
• "Pork" comes from French, whence we get most of our modern cooking terms.
• The work is slow and dangerous, whence the high costs.
• I scored more than you in the exam, whence we can conclude that I am better at the subject than you are.

Related words

• elsewhence
• somewhence
• from; whence (mistä asti
• from whence