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English word whom comes from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey, Proto-Indo-European *kʷís
*kʷey (Proto-Indo-European)
*kʷís (Proto-Indo-European)
Who, what (interrogative). Who, which, that (relative) Which, what.
*hwat (Proto-Germanic)
hwǣm (Old English)
hwam (Old English)
wham (Middle English)
whom (English)
Him; her; them (used as a relative pronoun to refer to a previously mentioned person or people.). What person or people; which person or people, as the object of a preposition.. What person or people; which person or people, as the object of a verb.