Wo etymology

German

German word wo comes from Proto-Germanic *hwaz, Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros (True.), Proto-Indo-European *wēr-, Proto-Indo-European *kʷi-, Proto-Germanic - r

Etymology of wo

Detailed word origin of wo

Dictionary entry Language Definition
*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.