"hwō" meaning in Proto-Germanic

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Pronoun

IPA: /xʷɔː/
Etymology: From a form of Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, *kʷis. Compare Latin quō (“where(to); why; so that”) (Proto-Italic *kʷō) and Ancient Greek πω (pō, “ever”), Ionic Greek κω (kō) (Proto-Hellenic *kʷō). Equivalent to *hwaz (“what”) + *-ō (instrumental ending). Etymology templates: {{root|gem-pro|ine-pro|*kʷ-}}, {{inh|gem-pro|ine-pro|*kʷos}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, {{cog|la|quō||where(to); why; so that}} Latin quō (“where(to); why; so that”), {{cog|itc-pro|*kʷō}} Proto-Italic *kʷō, {{cog|grc|πω||ever}} Ancient Greek πω (pō, “ever”), {{cog|grc-ion|κω}} Ionic Greek κω (kō), {{cog|grk-pro|*kʷō}} Proto-Hellenic *kʷō, {{suf|gem-pro|*hwaz||alt2=*-ō|nocat=1|pos2=instrumental ending|t1=what}} *hwaz (“what”) + *-ō (instrumental ending) Head templates: {{head|gem-pro|pronoun form}} *hwō
  1. how, with what, by what means; instrumental of *hwaz Tags: reconstruction Synonyms: hwē, hwī
    Sense id: en-hwō-gem-pro-pron-FU39A6uB Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
            "2": "*hwō"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic: *hwō",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-West Germanic: *hwō"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "hū"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: hū, hwu\nMiddle English: how, hou, howe, hu, hwu, whu, wou, wu\nEnglish: how\nGeordie English: hoo\nScots: hoo, how, foo\nYola: fowe, how",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: hū, hwu\nMiddle English: how, hou, howe, hu, hwu, whu, wou, wu\nEnglish: how\nGeordie English: hoo\nScots: hoo, how, foo\nYola: fowe, how"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ofs",
            "2": "hū",
            "3": "hō"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Frisian: hū, hō",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Frisian: hū, hō"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frr",
            "2": "ho"
          },
          "expansion": "North Frisian: ho",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "North Frisian: ho"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "stq",
            "2": "wo"
          },
          "expansion": "Saterland Frisian: wo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Saterland Frisian: wo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fy",
            "2": "hoe"
          },
          "expansion": "West Frisian: hoe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "West Frisian: hoe > hoe't"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
            "2": "hwō",
            "3": "hwuo",
            "4": "hū"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: hwō, hwuo, hū",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: hwō, hwuo, hū"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gml",
            "2": "wô",
            "3": "wû"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Low German: wô, wû",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Low German: wô, wû"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nds",
            "2": "wo"
          },
          "expansion": "Low German: wo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Low German: wo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "huo"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Dutch: huo\nMiddle Dutch: hoe\nDutch: hoe\nLimburgish: woe",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Dutch: huo\nMiddle Dutch: hoe\nDutch: hoe\nLimburgish: woe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "wuo"
          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: wuo",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Franconian"
          },
          "expansion": "(Franconian)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: wuo (Franconian)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "quō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "where(to); why; so that"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin quō (“where(to); why; so that”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "itc-pro",
        "2": "*kʷō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *kʷō",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "πω",
        "3": "",
        "4": "ever"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek πω (pō, “ever”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc-ion",
        "2": "κω"
      },
      "expansion": "Ionic Greek κω (kō)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grk-pro",
        "2": "*kʷō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic *kʷō",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*hwaz",
        "3": "",
        "alt2": "*-ō",
        "nocat": "1",
        "pos2": "instrumental ending",
        "t1": "what"
      },
      "expansion": "*hwaz (“what”) + *-ō (instrumental ending)",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From a form of Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, *kʷis. Compare Latin quō (“where(to); why; so that”) (Proto-Italic *kʷō) and Ancient Greek πω (pō, “ever”), Ionic Greek κω (kō) (Proto-Hellenic *kʷō). Equivalent to *hwaz (“what”) + *-ō (instrumental ending).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "pronoun form"
      },
      "expansion": "*hwō",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwō",
  "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": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "how, with what, by what means; instrumental of *hwaz"
      ],
      "id": "en-hwō-gem-pro-pron-FU39A6uB",
      "links": [
        [
          "how",
          "how"
        ],
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ],
        [
          "*hwaz",
          "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwaz"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "hwē"
        },
        {
          "word": "hwī"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/xʷɔː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hwō"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
            "2": "*hwō"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic: *hwō",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-West Germanic: *hwō"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "hū"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: hū, hwu\nMiddle English: how, hou, howe, hu, hwu, whu, wou, wu\nEnglish: how\nGeordie English: hoo\nScots: hoo, how, foo\nYola: fowe, how",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: hū, hwu\nMiddle English: how, hou, howe, hu, hwu, whu, wou, wu\nEnglish: how\nGeordie English: hoo\nScots: hoo, how, foo\nYola: fowe, how"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ofs",
            "2": "hū",
            "3": "hō"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Frisian: hū, hō",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Frisian: hū, hō"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frr",
            "2": "ho"
          },
          "expansion": "North Frisian: ho",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "North Frisian: ho"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "stq",
            "2": "wo"
          },
          "expansion": "Saterland Frisian: wo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Saterland Frisian: wo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fy",
            "2": "hoe"
          },
          "expansion": "West Frisian: hoe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "West Frisian: hoe > hoe't"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
            "2": "hwō",
            "3": "hwuo",
            "4": "hū"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: hwō, hwuo, hū",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: hwō, hwuo, hū"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gml",
            "2": "wô",
            "3": "wû"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Low German: wô, wû",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Low German: wô, wû"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nds",
            "2": "wo"
          },
          "expansion": "Low German: wo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Low German: wo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "huo"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Dutch: huo\nMiddle Dutch: hoe\nDutch: hoe\nLimburgish: woe",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Dutch: huo\nMiddle Dutch: hoe\nDutch: hoe\nLimburgish: woe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "wuo"
          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: wuo",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Franconian"
          },
          "expansion": "(Franconian)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: wuo (Franconian)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "quō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "where(to); why; so that"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin quō (“where(to); why; so that”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "itc-pro",
        "2": "*kʷō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *kʷō",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "πω",
        "3": "",
        "4": "ever"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek πω (pō, “ever”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc-ion",
        "2": "κω"
      },
      "expansion": "Ionic Greek κω (kō)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grk-pro",
        "2": "*kʷō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic *kʷō",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*hwaz",
        "3": "",
        "alt2": "*-ō",
        "nocat": "1",
        "pos2": "instrumental ending",
        "t1": "what"
      },
      "expansion": "*hwaz (“what”) + *-ō (instrumental ending)",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From a form of Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, *kʷis. Compare Latin quō (“where(to); why; so that”) (Proto-Italic *kʷō) and Ancient Greek πω (pō, “ever”), Ionic Greek κω (kō) (Proto-Hellenic *kʷō). Equivalent to *hwaz (“what”) + *-ō (instrumental ending).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "pronoun form"
      },
      "expansion": "*hwō",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwō",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "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 derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kʷ-",
        "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": "/xʷɔː/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "hwē"
    },
    {
      "word": "hwī"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hwō"
}

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