Where does “hvi” come from?

hvi (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse hví, from Proto-Germanic hwī, from Proto-Indo-European kʷey, from Proto-Indo-European kʷis — interrogative, relative stem; who, what;...

hvi (Norwegian Bokmål): why

Definitions

  1. why

Ancestry of “hvi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehví—
2Proto-Germanichwīhow, with what, by what means; instrumental of...
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷey—
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷisinterrogative, relative stem; who, what;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷis →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷey →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwī →
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