Where does “wie” come from?

wie (German) comes from Middle High German wie, from Proto-Germanic hwē, from Proto-Germanic hwī, from Proto-Indo-European kʷey, from Proto-Indo-European kʷis — interrogative, relative stem; who, what;...

wie (German): how; like; as

Definitions

  1. how; like; as

Ancestry of “wie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanwie—
2Proto-Germanichwēhow, with what, by what means; instrumental of...
3Proto-Germanichwīhow, with what, by what means; instrumental of...
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷey—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷisinterrogative, relative stem; who, what;...

Words derived from “wie”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷis →