Where does “-?” come from?

-? (Gothic) comes from Proto-Germanic -u, from Proto-Indo-European -wē — or.

-? (Gothic): Interrogative particle

Definitions

  1. Interrogative particle

Ancestry of “-?”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic-uAdded to the end of a word in a phrase (usually the first word) to make it a question
2Proto-Indo-European-wēor

Words derived from “-?”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wē →Every word from Proto-Germanic -u →