Where does “hoe” come from?
hoe (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch hoe, from Middle Dutch hoe, from Old Dutch huo, from Proto-Germanic hwō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.
hoe (Afrikaans): how
Ancestry of “hoe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | hoe | how; the ... the |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | hoe | how, in what way/manner; how, to what degree |
| 3 | Old Dutch | huo | how |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hwō | how, with what, by what means; instrumental of... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *kʷís | — |