Where does “etewaʒ” come from?

etewaʒ (Middle High German) comes from Old High German eddeshwaz, from Old High German hwaz, from Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Indo-European kʷód, from Proto-Indo-European kʷós — who.

Ancestry of “etewaʒ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germaneddeshwaz—
2Old High Germanhwaz—
3Germanic*hwat—
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷódwhat
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷóswho

Words derived from “etewaʒ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷód →Every word from Germanic *hwat →