Words that come from Proto-Germanic “hwō”

106 words across 28 languages descend from Proto-Germanic hwō — including how, somehow, ho, Ho, anyhow, hoe, hoo, howsoever.

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English (45)

German (8)

Dutch (7)

Middle English (6)

Afrikaans (3)

Old English (3)

Middle Low German (3)

Old Danish (3)

Cimbrian (3)

Middle Dutch (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Danish (2)

Yola (2)

Old Saxon (2)

Saterland Frisian (2)

German Low German (1)

Yiddish (1)

Vilamovian (1)

West Frisian (1)

Pennsylvania German (1)

Middle High German (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Old High German (1)

Antigua and Barbuda Creole English (1)

Jersey Dutch (1)

North Frisian (1)

Jamaican Creole (1)

Chinese (1)