Where does “wān” come from?

wān (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic hwan, from Proto-Germanic hwan, from Proto-Germanic hwaz, from Proto-Indo-European kʷos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷ- — The primary interrogative root.

wān (Old Dutch): hope, expectation

Definitions

  1. hope, expectation

Ancestry of “wān”, step by step

wān traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic hwan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichwanwhen
2Proto-Germanichwanwhen, at what time
3Proto-Germanichwazwho, what; whose; whom
4Proto-Indo-EuropeankʷosSee *kʷis
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷ-The primary interrogative root

via Proto-West Germanic *wāni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*wānihope, expectation
2Proto-Germanicwēnizlikely, to be expected; promising, hopeful; hope,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwenh₁-to love

Words derived from “wān”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwaz →