Where does “wethar” come from?
wethar (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic hwaþar, from Proto-Germanic hwaþeraz, from Proto-Indo-European kʷóteros, from Proto-Indo-European kʷos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷ- — The primary interrogative root.
Ancestry of “wethar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | hwaþar | which |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | hwaþeraz | which, what |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷóteros | which of two |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷos | See *kʷis |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷ- | The primary interrogative root |