Where does “entweder” come from?

entweder (Luxembourgish) comes from German entweder, from German weder, from Old High German wedar, from Proto-West Germanic hwaþar, from Proto-Germanic hwaþeraz, from Proto-Indo-European kʷóteros, from Proto-Indo-European kʷos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷ- — The primary interrogative root.

entweder (Luxembourgish): either

Definitions

  1. either

Ancestry of “entweder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanentwedereither
2Germanwederneither
3Old High Germanwedarwhich
4Proto-West Germanichwaþarwhich
5Proto-Germanichwaþerazwhich, what
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷóteroswhich of two
7Proto-Indo-EuropeankʷosSee *kʷis
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷ-The primary interrogative root
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷos →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷóteros →