Where does “hwi” come from?

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

hwi (Old Saxon): why

Definitions

  1. why

Ancestry of “hwi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichwīhow, with what, by what means; instrumental of...
2Proto-Indo-Europeankʷey—
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷisinterrogative, relative stem; who, what;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷis →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷey →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwī →