Where does “fose” come from?

fose (Galician) comes from Middle English whos, from Old English hwæs, from Proto-Germanic hwes, from Proto-Germanic hwaz, from Proto-Indo-European kʷos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷ- — The primary interrogative root.

fose (Galician): first-person singular preterite subjunctive of...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular preterite subjunctive of...

Ancestry of “fose”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishwhoswhose genitive
2Old Englishhwæsgenitive singular of hwā; genitive singular of...
3Proto-Germanichwes—
4Proto-Germanichwazwho, what; whose; whom
5Proto-Indo-EuropeankʷosSee *kʷis
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷ-The primary interrogative root

Words derived from “fose”

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