Where does “eddeshwaz” come from?
eddeshwaz (Old High German) comes from Old High German hwaz, from Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Indo-European kʷód, from Proto-Indo-European kʷós — who.
Ancestry of “eddeshwaz”, step by step
eddeshwaz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old High German hwaz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old High German | hwaz | — |
| 2 | Germanic | *hwat | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷód | what |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷós | who |
via Proto-Germanic *ehþau
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | *ehþau | or, otherwise, but if |