Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwī

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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
  - Scots: why
  - English: why
Old Dutch: wī
- Middle Dutch: wij
  - ⇒ Middle Dutch: winne/ wijne (wij + ne ), twi (tot + wij)
Old High German: wiu
- Middle High German: wie
  - Cimbrian: bia
  - German: wie
  - Yiddish: ווי‎ (vi)
Old Norse: hví
- Icelandic: hví
- Faroese: hví
- Norwegian:
  - Norwegian Bokmål: hvi
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: kvi
    - ⇒ Norwegian Nynorsk: kvifor
- Swedish: vi
- Danish: hvi

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