Words that come from Proto-Germanic “-hw”

90 words across 36 languages descend from Proto-Germanic -hw — including doch, dock, þó, jah, jah, ia, doh, ja.

See the etymology of -hw itself →

Finnish (12)

Gothic (7)

Norwegian Bokmål (7)

Faroese (6)

Old Swedish (6)

Old Norse (5)

Proto-Germanic (5)

Icelandic (4)

Westrobothnian (4)

Swedish (3)

Dutch (2)

Danish (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

German (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Southern Sami (1)

Ume Sami (1)

Vandalic (1)

Old High German (1)

Estonian (1)

Ingrian (1)

Lule Sami (1)

Pite Sami (1)

Inari Sami (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Gutnish (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Yiddish (1)

Old English (1)

Northern Sami (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Middle High German (1)

Old Danish (1)

Proto-Finnic (1)

Middle Low German (1)