Where does “ווי” come from?

ווי (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German wie, from Proto-Germanic hwē, from Proto-Germanic hwī, from Proto-Indo-European kʷey, from Proto-Indo-European kʷis — interrogative, relative stem; who, what;...

ווי (Yiddish): how; how, that; than

Definitions

  1. how; how, that; than

Ancestry of “ווי”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanwie—
2Proto-Germanichwēhow, with what, by what means; instrumental of...
3Proto-Germanichwīhow, with what, by what means; instrumental of...
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷey—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷisinterrogative, relative stem; who, what;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷis →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷey →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwī →