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Where does “*hwaz” come from?
*hwaz (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European kʷód, from Proto-Indo-European kʷós — who.
Ancestry of “*hwaz”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Indo-European
kʷód
what
2
Proto-Indo-European
kʷós
who
Words derived from “*hwaz”
who
whoever
WHO
wo
whosoever
woefully
woeful
woful
wofully
woa
woefulness
wofulness
who've
who'da
whosit
𐍈𐌰𐍃
hwē
hwanǭ
hvess
hwaʀ
wēr
we
wie
wo
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