Where does “Fiawäa” come from?

Fiawäa (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Wäa, from Middle Low German we, from Old Saxon hwē, from Proto-West Germanic hwaʀ, from Proto-Germanic hwaz, from Proto-Indo-European kʷos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷ- — The primary interrogative root.

Fiawäa (Plautdietsch): fire brigade

Definitions

  1. fire brigade

Ancestry of “Fiawäa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschWäawho
2Middle Low Germanwewho; Alternative form of wî
3Old Saxonhwēwho
4Proto-West Germanichwaʀwho
5Proto-Germanichwazwho, what; whose; whom
6Proto-Indo-EuropeankʷosSee *kʷis
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷ-The primary interrogative root
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