Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwaʀ

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwaz.

Pronoun

*hwaʀ

1. who (interrogative)

Inflection

Proto-West Germanic personal pronouns

singular	first person	second person	reflexive
nominative	*ik	*þū	-
accusative	*mik	*þik	*sik
dative	*miʀ	*þiʀ
possessive	*mīn	*þīn	*sīn
dual	first person	second person	reflexive
nominative	*wit	*jit	-
accusative	*unk	*inkw	*sik
dative
possessive	*unkar	*inkwar	*sīn
plural	first person	second person	reflexive
nominative	*wiʀ	*jiʀ	-
accusative	*uns	*iwwi	*sik
dative
possessive	*unsar	*iuwar	*sīn

Descendants

• Old English: hwā
  • Middle English: who, ȝwo, ho, hoo, huo, quo, qwo, qwho, whoo, wo, woo, qua, wha, hwa, hwo, hwoa
    • English: who
    • Geordie English: whe
    • Scots: wha
    • Yola: fho, fo, vo
• Old Frisian: hwā
  • West Frisian: wa
• Old Saxon: hwē
  • Middle Low German: wê, wei, wie
    • Low German: we, wo
• Old Dutch: wie
  • Middle Dutch: wie
    • Dutch: wie
    • Limburgish: wae
• Old High German: wer, hwer; (northern) *(h)wie
  • Middle High German: wer; (northern) wie, wē
    • Central Franconian: wä
    • Cimbrian: bèar, ber (Luserna)
    • German: wer
    • Yiddish: ווער (ver)