Where does “sonst wer” come from?
sonst wer (German) comes from German wer, from Middle High German wer, from Old High German wēr, from Proto-West Germanic hwaʀ, from Proto-Germanic hwaz, from Proto-Indo-European kʷos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷ- — The primary interrogative root.
sonst wer (German): someone else, anyone else, whoever else
Definitions
- someone else, anyone else, whoever else
Ancestry of “sonst wer”, step by step
sonst wer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German wer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | wer | who; what, which; whoever, he who, someone who,... |
| 2 | Middle High German | wer | protection |
| 3 | Old High German | wēr | what; who |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | hwaʀ | who |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hwaz | who, what; whose; whom |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷos | See *kʷis |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷ- | The primary interrogative root |