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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanhwaz—
2Germanic*hwat—
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷódwhat
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷóswho

Words derived from “eddeshwaz”

  • etwas
  • עפּעס
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