Where does “wo” come from?

wo (Saterland Frisian) comes from Middle Low German hō, from Proto-Germanic hwō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.

wo (Saterland Frisian): how, to what degree

Definitions

  1. how, to what degree

Ancestry of “wo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanhigh
2Proto-Germanichwōhow, with what, by what means; instrumental of...
3Proto-Indo-European*kʷís

Words derived from “wo

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís