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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/
hwī
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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.
Contents
1
Proto-Germanic
1.1
Alternative forms
1.2
Pronunciation
1.3
Pronoun
1.3.1
Descendants
Proto-Germanic
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Alternative forms
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*hwē
*hwō
Pronunciation
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IPA
(
key
)
:
/xʷiː/
Pronoun
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*hwī
how
, with
what
, by what means;
instrumental
of
*hwaz
Descendants
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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
)