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 |