Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwē

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 *kʷéh₁. Compare Ancient Greek πῆ (pê).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xʷɛː/

Pronoun

*hwē

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

Descendants

  • Old Norse: hvé
    • Icelandic: hve
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: ko
  • Gothic: 𐍈𐌴 (ƕē)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.