Where does “wie” come from?

wie (Dutch) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European kʷ- — The primary interrogative root.

wie (Dutch): who, whom; who, whom; the one who, whoever

Definitions

who, whom; who, whom; the one who, whoever

Ancestry of “wie”, step by step

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

Words derived from “wie”

wiens

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