Where does “wōh” come from?

wōh (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic wanhaz, from Proto-Indo-European wónkos, from Proto-Indo-European wenk- — to bend, slant, incline, twist, turn; to bend,...

wōh (Old English): bending, crookedness; crooked, bent

Definitions

  1. bending, crookedness; crooked, bent

Ancestry of “wōh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwanhazbent, crooked, twisted
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwónkoscrooked, bent
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwenk-to bend, slant, incline, twist, turn; to bend,...

Words derived from “wōh”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wenk- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wónkos →Every word from Proto-Germanic wanhaz →