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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷíh₁ (“how?”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xʷiː/

Pronoun

*hwī

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

Descendants

  • Old English: hwȳ, hwī, hwiġ
    • Middle English: 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)
  • 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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