Words that come from Proto-Germanic hwaz

400 words across 36 languages descend from Proto-Germanic hwaz — including which, who, when, what, where, home, whether, whose.

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English (223)

Dutch (25)

Swedish (18)

Danish (15)

Gothic (12)

Luxembourgish (10)

Icelandic (9)

Old Dutch (8)

German (7)

Westrobothnian (6)

Middle Dutch (6)

Yiddish (6)

Faroese (5)

Old High German (5)

Japanese (5)

Afrikaans (4)

Old English (4)

Middle Low German (3)

Cimbrian (3)

Hunsrik (3)

Proto-Germanic (3)

West Frisian (2)

Low German (2)

Middle English (2)

Old Norse (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Elfdalian (1)

Italian (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Translingual (1)

Scanian (1)

West Flemish (1)

Hebrew (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Jamtish (1)

Tok Pisin (1)