Old English · adverb
hwy
- Part of speech
- adverb
- IPA
- /xwyː/[ʍyː]
- Syllables
- xwyː (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- why
hwy1 · adverb
Senses
-
why
hwy2 · pronoun · inflected form
Senses
-
instrumental of hwā
-
instrumental of hwæt
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Inflected form of hwā
Etymology
From a presumed earlier *hwīe, from Proto-West Germanic *hwiu, from Proto-Germanic *hwī (“with what”), to which the more common instrumental ending *-ō had been added. Cognate with Old High German hwiu (instrumental case of hwaz).
Descendants
why
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