hwa
Old Frisian
/ˈhwaː/, /ˈwaː/
pronoun
Definitions
- (interrogative) who?
- (relative) who, that
- (indefinite) whoever, anyone
Etymology
Inherited from *hwaʀ inherited from Proto-Germanic *hwaz (who) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos (which, adverbial suffix, who, that).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kʷos
Gloss
which, adverbial suffix, who, that
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Cognates and derived terms
- wer German
- πόθεν Ancient Greek
- πότερος Ancient Greek
- *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷe- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷis Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷos Proto-Indo-European
- *ne Proto-Indo-European
- *hwanǭ Proto-Germanic
- *hwarjaz Proto-Germanic
- *hwat Proto-Germanic
- *hwaz Proto-Germanic
- gehwa Old English
- hwa Old English
- hwā Old English
- कश्चित् Sanskrit
- ho Middle English
- wha Middle English
- who Middle English
- hvar Old Norse
- hvat Old Norse
- hveim Old Norse
- hvilken Danish
- *kogъda Proto-Slavic
- *kъjь Proto-Slavic
- *kъto Proto-Slavic
- pan Welsh
- wie Middle Dutch
- wer Old High German
- cuin Old Irish
- 𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰 Gothic
- 𐍈𐌰𐍃 Gothic
- *hwaʀ gmw-pro
- wie Old Dutch
- we Middle Low German
- hwe Old Saxon
- hwē Old Saxon
- *kʷoi Proto-Italic
- whae Scots
- hwā Old Frisian
- *kas Proto-Balto-Slavic
- wer Hunsrik
- hwa Old Danish