wo
German Low German
/vɔu̯/, [wɔʊ̯]
adverb
Definitions
- how
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Low German wô (how) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hwō.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hwō
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anyhow English
- elsehow English
- everyhow English
- forhow English
- how English
- how've English
- how-to English
- howbeit English
- howcatchem English
- however English
- howness English
- howso English
- howsoever English
- nohow English
- Wiewort German
- gleichwie German
- irgendwie German
- wie German
- wieso German
- hoe Dutch, Flemish
- hoezo Dutch, Flemish
- *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *dōną Proto-Germanic
- *hwō Proto-Germanic
- hu Old English
- hū Old English
- how Middle English
- hoe Middle Dutch
- hoe Afrikaans
- wie Middle High German
- *wuo Old Dutch
- huo Old Dutch
- wô Middle Low German
- wōdān Middle Low German
- hu Old Saxon
- hwo Old Saxon
- hū Old Frisian