Where does “hvess” come from?

hvess (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic *hwaz, from Proto-Indo-European kʷód, from Proto-Indo-European kʷós — who.

Ancestry of “hvess”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*hwaz—
2Proto-Indo-Europeankʷódwhat
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷóswho

Words derived from “hvess”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷód →Every word from Proto-Germanic *hwaz →
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