*hwī

Meanings

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

Etymology

Descendants

• hwȳ (Old English)
  • why (Middle English)
    • why (English)
    • why (Scots)
• hwī (Old English)
  • why (Middle English)
    • why (English)
    • why (Scots)
• hwiġ (Old English)
  • why (Middle English)
    • why (English)
    • why (Scots)
• wī (Old Dutch)
  • wij (Middle Dutch)
    • winne, wijne, twi (Middle Dutch)
• hwē (Old High German)
  • wie (Middle High German)
    • bia (Cimbrian)
    • wie (German)
    • bia (Mòcheno)
    • ווי (vi) (Yiddish)
• hví (Old Norse)
  • hvifor (Danish)
  • hví (Faroese)
  • hví (Icelandic)
  • kvi, kvifor (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • vi (Swedish)
• hví (Old Norse)
  • hvi (Danish)
    • hvi (Norwegian Bokmål)
• 𐍈𐌴 (ƕē) (Gothic)

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