Where does “hoe” come from?

hoe (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch huo, from Proto-Germanic hwō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.

hoe (Middle Dutch): how, in what way/manner; how, to what degree

Definitions

  1. how, in what way/manner; how, to what degree

Ancestry of “hoe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchhuohow
2Proto-Germanichwōhow, with what, by what means; instrumental of...
3Proto-Indo-European*kʷís—

Words derived from “hoe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís →