German word wo comes from Proto-Germanic *hwaz, Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros (True.), Proto-Indo-European *wēr-, Proto-Indo-European *kʷi-, Proto-Germanic - r
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*hwaz | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | (interrogative) who, what. (interrogative, in dative) whom. (interrogative, in genitive) whose. (interrogative, in instrumental) with whom, with what, how, in what way. |
*weh₁ros | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | True. |
*wēr- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
*kʷi- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
- r | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | |
*wērijaz | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | |
*hwēr | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | |
hwār | Old High German (goh) | |
wære | Middle High German (gmh) | |
wo | German (de) | (indefinite, colloquial) somewhere. (interrogative) where. (relative) where. (relative, somewhat, informal) when (colloquial) when (relative, dialectal, nonstandard) who, whom, which, that. |