Where does “fōłza” come from?

fōłza (Silesian) comes from Galician fose, from Middle English whos, from Old English hwæs, from Proto-Germanic hwes, from Proto-Germanic hwaz, from Proto-Indo-European kʷos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷ- — The primary interrogative root.

fōłza (Silesian): hoe, hooker

Definitions

  1. hoe, hooker

Ancestry of “fōłza”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianfosefirst-person singular preterite subjunctive of...
2Middle Englishwhoswhose genitive
3Old Englishhwæsgenitive singular of hwā; genitive singular of...
4Proto-Germanichwes
5Proto-Germanichwazwho, what; whose; whom
6Proto-Indo-EuropeankʷosSee *kʷis
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷ-The primary interrogative root
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷ-
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