Where does “-hw” come from?

-hw (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

-hw (Proto-Germanic): and; Forms distributives from interrogatives

Definitions

  1. and; Forms distributives from interrogatives

Ancestry of “-hw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic-hwe—
2Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

Words derived from “-hw”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hwe →