Words that come from Proto-Germanic “swē”

84 words across 21 languages descend from Proto-Germanic swē — including so, whatsoever, whosoever, soever, insomuch, whomsoever, howsoever, whithersoever.

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English (19)

Norwegian Bokmål (12)

German (7)

Norwegian Nynorsk (7)

Old English (6)

Middle English (6)

Dutch (5)

Swedish (4)

Old Dutch (3)

Middle Dutch (3)

Faroese (2)

Danish (1)

Elfdalian (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Gothic (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Old Norse (1)

Limburgish (1)

Scots (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)