Where does “how” come from?

how (Middle English) comes from Old English hū, from Proto-Germanic hwō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.

how (Middle English): how

Definitions

  1. how

Ancestry of “how”, step by step

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

Words derived from “how”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís →