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Where does “hweġ” come from?

hweġ (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic hwai, from Proto-Indo-European kʷey- — to pay; to avenge.

hweġ (Old English): whey

Definitions

  1. whey

Ancestry of “hweġ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichwaiwhey
2Proto-Indo-Europeankʷey-to pay; to avenge

Words derived from “hweġ”

  • whey
  • wheylike
  • wheyish
  • wheyey
  • wheyface
  • wheyishness
  • whey-faced
  • sack-whey
  • wheye
  • whey
  • whei
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷey- →