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
- and; Forms distributives from interrogatives
Ancestry of “-hw”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |