Etymology Explorer › Middle Low German

Where does “wô” come from?

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

wô (Middle Low German): how

Definitions

  1. how

Ancestry of “wô”, step by step

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

Words derived from “wô”

  • wo
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís →