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Where does “hwō” come from?

hwō (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.

hwō (Proto-Germanic): how, with what, by what means; instrumental of...

Definitions

  1. how, with what, by what means; instrumental of...

Ancestry of “hwō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European*kʷís—

Words derived from “hwō”

  • anyhow
  • howsoever
  • nohow
  • howbeit
  • howe
  • how've
  • howso
  • everyhow
  • howness
  • elsehow
  • hoe
  • hoezo
  • hwu
  • hu
  • how
  • hou
  • hu
  • hū
  • hoe
  • woe
  • hoe
  • wô
  • hu
  • hwo
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís →