Where does “etewaz” come from?

etewaz (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 “etewaz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germaneddeshwaz
2Old High Germanhwaz
3Germanic*hwat
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷódwhat
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷóswho
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷósEvery word from Proto-Indo-European kʷódEvery word from Germanic *hwat