Where does “hoewel” come from?
hoewel (Dutch) comes from Dutch hoe, from Middle Dutch hoe, from Old Dutch huo, from Proto-Germanic hwō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.
hoewel (Dutch): though, although
Ancestry of “hoewel”, step by step
hoewel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch hoe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | hoe | how |
| 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 | — |
via Dutch wel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | wel | The opposite of not; no less than, as much as, as... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | wel | well |
| 3 | Old Dutch | wela | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *wela | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | welh₁- | to choose; to want |
Words derived from “hoewel”