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Where does “hwǣġ” come from?

hwǣġ (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *hwaij.

Ancestry of “hwǣġ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*hwaij—

Words derived from “hwǣġ”

  • whey
  • wheylike
  • wheyish
  • wheyey
  • wheyface
  • wheyishness
  • whey-faced
  • sack-whey
  • wheye
  • whey
  • whei
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *hwaij →