Where does “wô” come from?
wô (Middle Low German) comes from Proto-Germanic hwō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.
wô (Middle Low German): how
Ancestry of “wô”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | hwō | how, with what, by what means; instrumental of... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | *kʷís | — |