Where does “wi” come from?

wi (Vilamovian) comes from Old High German hwio, from Proto-Germanic hwō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.

wi (Vilamovian): how

Definitions

  1. how

Ancestry of “wi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanhwio—
2Proto-Germanichwōhow, with what, by what means; instrumental of...
3Proto-Indo-European*kʷís—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwō →Every word from Old High German hwio →