Where does “hveim” come from?

hveim (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic hwammai, from Proto-Germanic hwaz, from Proto-Indo-European kʷos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷ- — The primary interrogative root.

Ancestry of “hveim”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichwammaimasculine/neuter dative of *hwaz
2Proto-Germanichwazwho, what; whose; whom
3Proto-Indo-EuropeankʷosSee *kʷis
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷ-The primary interrogative root

Words derived from “hveim”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwaz →
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