Where does “hō” come from?

hō (Middle Low German) comes from Proto-Germanic hwō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.

hō (Middle Low German): high

Definitions

  1. high

Ancestry of “hō”, step by step

hō traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic hwō

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

via Old Norse hó!

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehó!—

via Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *se-o-u

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Nuclear Polynesian*se-o-u—

Words derived from “hō”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwō →