"hwē" meaning in All languages combined

See hwē on Wiktionary

Pronoun [Proto-Germanic]

IPA: /xʷɛː/ Forms: *hwī [alternative], *hwō [alternative]
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *kʷéh₁. Compare Ancient Greek πῆ (pê). Etymology templates: {{inh|gem-pro|ine-pro|*kʷís|*kʷéh₁}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷéh₁, {{cog|grc|πῆ}} Ancient Greek πῆ (pê) Head templates: {{head|gem-pro|pronoun form}} *hwē
  1. how, with what, by what means; instrumental of *hwaz Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-hwē-gem-pro-pron-FU39A6uB Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
            "2": "hvé"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Norse: hvé",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Norse: hvé"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "hve"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: hve",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: hve"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "got",
            "2": "𐍈𐌴"
          },
          "expansion": "Gothic: 𐍈𐌴 (ƕē)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gothic: 𐍈𐌴 (ƕē)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷís",
        "4": "*kʷéh₁"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷéh₁",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "πῆ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek πῆ (pê)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *kʷéh₁. Compare Ancient Greek πῆ (pê).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "*hwī",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "*hwō",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "pronoun form"
      },
      "expansion": "*hwē",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwē",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "how, with what, by what means; instrumental of *hwaz"
      ],
      "id": "en-hwē-gem-pro-pron-FU39A6uB",
      "links": [
        [
          "how",
          "how"
        ],
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ],
        [
          "*hwaz",
          "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwaz"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/xʷɛː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hwē"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
            "2": "hvé"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Norse: hvé",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Norse: hvé"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "hve"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: hve",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: hve"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "got",
            "2": "𐍈𐌴"
          },
          "expansion": "Gothic: 𐍈𐌴 (ƕē)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gothic: 𐍈𐌴 (ƕē)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷís",
        "4": "*kʷéh₁"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷéh₁",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "πῆ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek πῆ (pê)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *kʷéh₁. Compare Ancient Greek πῆ (pê).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "*hwī",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "*hwō",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "pronoun form"
      },
      "expansion": "*hwē",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwē",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Germanic non-lemma forms",
        "Proto-Germanic pronoun forms",
        "Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Proto-Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "how, with what, by what means; instrumental of *hwaz"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "how",
          "how"
        ],
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ],
        [
          "*hwaz",
          "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwaz"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/xʷɛː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hwē"
}

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