Where does “hwanne” come from?

hwanne (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic hwannā, from Proto-Germanic hwan, from Proto-Germanic hwaz, from Proto-Indo-European kʷos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷ- — The primary interrogative root.

hwanne (Old Saxon): when

Definitions

  1. when

Ancestry of “hwanne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichwannā—
2Proto-Germanichwanwhen, at what time
3Proto-Germanichwazwho, what; whose; whom
4Proto-Indo-EuropeankʷosSee *kʷis
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷ-The primary interrogative root
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwaz →