Where does “wa” come from?

wa (West Frisian) comes from Old Frisian hwā, from Proto-West Germanic hwaʀ, from Proto-Germanic hwaz, from Proto-Indo-European kʷos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷ- — The primary interrogative root.

wa (West Frisian): who

Definitions

  1. who

Ancestry of “wa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianhwāwho?
2Proto-West Germanichwaʀwho
3Proto-Germanichwazwho, what; whose; whom
4Proto-Indo-EuropeankʷosSee *kʷis
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷ-The primary interrogative root
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwaz →