Where does “woful” come from?
Woful derives from Old English hwā through Old English -ful, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European weyk- and pleh₁-, which also connect to weǵʰ-.
woful (English): Obsolete spelling of woeful
Definitions
- Obsolete spelling of woeful
Ancestry of “woful”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Wo | the prefix of catalog entries in the Gliese star... |
| 2 | English | WHO | — |
| 3 | Middle English | who | — |
| 4 | Old English | hwā | who |
| 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 “woful”