Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwī

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

*hwē
*hwō

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xʷiː/

Pronoun

*hwī

how, with what, by what means; instrumental of *hwaz

Descendants

Old English: hwȳ, hwī
- Middle English: why
  - English: why
  - Scots: why
Old Dutch: wī
- Middle Dutch: wij
  - ⇒ Middle Dutch: winne, wijne (wij + ne ), twi (tot + wij)
Old High German: hwē (from the variant *hwē)
- (Middle High German: wie) (chiefly from OHG hwēo < *hwaiwa)
  - (Cimbrian: bia)
  - (German: wie)
  - (Mòcheno: bia)
  - (Yiddish: ווי (vi))
Old Norse: hví
- Icelandic: hví
- Faroese: hví
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kvi
- ⇒ Norwegian Nynorsk: kvifor
- Swedish: vi
- Danish: hvi
  - Norwegian Bokmål: hvi
- ⇒ Danish: hvifor
Gothic: 𐍈𐌴 (ƕē) (from the variant *hwē)

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