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German word wo comes from Proto-Germanic *hwaz, Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros (True.), Proto-Indo-European *wēr-, Proto-Indo-European *kʷi-, Proto-Germanic - r
*hwaz (Proto-Germanic)
(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)
True.
*wēr- (Proto-Indo-European)
*kʷi- (Proto-Indo-European)
- r (Proto-Germanic)
*wērijaz (Proto-Germanic)
*hwēr (Proto-Germanic)
hwār (Old High German)
wære (Middle High German)
wo (German)
(indefinite, colloquial) somewhere. (interrogative) where. (relative) where. (relative, somewhat, informal) when (colloquial) when (relative, dialectal, nonstandard) who, whom, which, that.