Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwō
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Etymology edit
From a form of Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, *kʷis. Compare Latin quō (“where(to); why; so that”) (Proto-Italic *kʷō) and Ancient Greek πω (pō, “ever”), Ionic Greek κω (kō) (Proto-Hellenic *kʷō). Equivalent to *hwaz (“what”) + *-ō (instrumental ending).
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Pronoun edit
*hwō
- how, with what, by what means; instrumental of *hwaz