Where does “hu” come from?

hu (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic hwō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.

hu (Old Saxon): how

Definitions

  1. how

Ancestry of “hu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichwōhow, with what, by what means; instrumental of...
2Proto-Indo-European*kʷís—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwō →