Where does “whos” come from?

whos (Middle English) comes from Old English hwæs, from Proto-Germanic hwes, from Proto-Germanic hwaz, from Proto-Indo-European kʷos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷ- — The primary interrogative root.

whos (Middle English): whose genitive

Definitions

  1. whose genitive

Ancestry of “whos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhwæsgenitive singular of hwā; genitive singular of...
2Proto-Germanichwes—
3Proto-Germanichwazwho, what; whose; whom
4Proto-Indo-EuropeankʷosSee *kʷis
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷ-The primary interrogative root

Words derived from “whos”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwaz →