Where does “hū” come from?

hū (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic hwō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.

hū (Old English): how

Definitions

  1. how

Ancestry of “hū”, step by step

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

Words derived from “hū”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwō →
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