Where does “swa hwilc swa” come from?

swa hwilc swa (Old English) comes from Old English swā, from Proto-West Germanic swā, from Proto-Germanic swa, from Proto-Germanic swē, from Proto-Indo-European swē — self (reflexive pronoun).

swa hwilc swa (Old English): whatsoever

Definitions

  1. whatsoever

Ancestry of “swa hwilc swa”, step by step

swa hwilc swa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English swā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishswāso
2Proto-West Germanicswāso, thus, in this manner; like, similar to; just...
3Proto-Germanicswaso, thus, in this manner
4Proto-Germanicswēlike, similar to; just like, in the same manner...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswēself (reflexive pronoun)

via Old English hwilċ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhwilċ—
2Proto-Germanichwilīkazwhat kind of, what sort of
3Proto-Germanichwazwho, what; whose; whom
4Proto-Indo-EuropeankʷosSee *kʷis
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷ-The primary interrogative root
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swē →Every word from Proto-Germanic swē →Every word from Proto-Germanic swa →