Words that come from Proto-Germanic “hwi-”

44 words across 19 languages descend from Proto-Germanic hwi- — including which, whichever, whichsoever, which've, welk, welih, which's, -lijks.

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English (6)

Middle English (6)

Dutch (4)

Old Dutch (4)

Middle Dutch (3)

Middle High German (3)

Old High German (2)

Swedish (2)

Old Norse (2)

Old English (2)

German (2)

Danish (1)

West Flemish (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Pennsylvania German (1)

Scots (1)

Old Saxon (1)