Words that come from Proto-Germanic “hwī”

37 words across 13 languages descend from Proto-Germanic hwī — including why, whyever, whyn't, whyness, somewhy, vad, hvad, hvað.

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English (5)

Norwegian Nynorsk (5)

Icelandic (4)

Swedish (3)

Danish (3)

Norwegian Bokmål (3)

Old Norse (3)

Faroese (2)

Westrobothnian (2)

Old Swedish (2)

Old English (2)

Old Saxon (2)

Middle English (1)