who

*kʷ- (Proto-Indo-European)

Primary interrogative root in Indo-European

*kʷe- (Proto-Indo-European)

*kʷo- (Proto-Indo-European)

*kʷód, kʷod (Proto-Indo-European)

*kʷís (Proto-Indo-European)

Who, what (interrogative). Who, which, that (relative) Which, what.

*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.

hwā (Old English)

hwa (Old English)

Anyone. Who.

huo (Middle English)

who (English)

A person under discussion; a question of which person. (interrogative) What is one's position; asks whether someone deserves to say or do something.. (interrogative) What person or people; which person or people; asks for the identity of someone. (used in a direct or indirect question). (relative) The person or people that.. (relative, archaic) Whoever, he who, they who.