Where does “wie” come from?

wie (Plautdietsch) comes from Low German wi, from Middle Low German wi, from Old Saxon wī, from Proto-West Germanic wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic wīz, from Proto-Indo-European wéy, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

wie (Plautdietsch): we

Definitions

  1. we

Ancestry of “wie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Low Germanwi—
2Middle Low Germanwiwe; Alternative form of wê
3Old Saxonwīwe
4Proto-West Germanicwiʀwe
5Proto-Germanicwīzwe
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwéywe
7Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wéy →Every word from Proto-Germanic wīz →