Where does “wo” come from?
wo (German Low German) comes from Middle Low German wô, from Proto-Germanic hwō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.
wo (German Low German): how; who, which
Ancestry of “wo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Low German | wô | how |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | hwō | how, with what, by what means; instrumental of... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | *kʷís | — |