Where does “Van Wie” come from?

Van Wie (Dutch) comes from Dutch Wie, from Middle Dutch wie, from Old Dutch wie, from Old Dutch wē, from Old Dutch hwē, from Proto-West Germanic hwaʀ, from Proto-Germanic hwaz, from Proto-Indo-European kʷos — The primary interrogative root.

Ancestry of “Van Wie”, step by step

Van Wie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch Wie

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Dutch	Wie	who, whom
2	Middle Dutch	wie	who
3	Old Dutch	wie	who
4	Old Dutch	wē	—
5	Old Dutch	hwē	—
6	Proto-West Germanic	hwaʀ	who
7	Proto-Germanic	hwaz	who, what; whose; whom
8	Proto-Indo-European	kʷos	See *kʷis
9	Proto-Indo-European	kʷ-	The primary interrogative root

via Dutch van

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Dutch	van	of; by, of; from
2	Middle Dutch	van	of; from; out of
3	Old Dutch	fān	off, from
4	Old Saxon	fāhan	to seize
5	Proto-Germanic	fanhaną	to take, to seize; to capture, to catch
6	Proto-Indo-European	peh₂ḱ-	to join, to attach; agreement, settlement

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwaz →