Where does “hví” come from?

hví (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic hwī, from Proto-Indo-European kʷey, from Proto-Indo-European kʷis — interrogative, relative stem; who, what;...

Ancestry of “hví”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichwīhow, with what, by what means; instrumental of...
2Proto-Indo-Europeankʷey—
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷisinterrogative, relative stem; who, what;...

Words derived from “hví”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷis →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷey →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwī →