Where does “hoe” come from?

hoe (West Frisian) comes from Old Frisian hū, from Proto-Germanic hwō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.

hoe (West Frisian): how

Definitions

  1. how

Ancestry of “hoe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianhū—
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 Frisian hū →