Where does “hwet” come from?

hwet (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-West Germanic hwat, from Proto-Germanic hwat, from Proto-Indo-European kʷód, from Proto-Indo-European kʷós — who.

Ancestry of “hwet”, step by step

hwet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic hwat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichwatwhat
2Proto-Germanichwatnominative/accusative singular neuter of *hwaz
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷódwhat
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷóswho

via Proto-Tai *C̥.wɯǝtᴰ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Tai*C̥.wɯǝtᴰ—

Words derived from “hwet”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷód →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwat →