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Old English hwȳ (inherited)
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Old English þȳ (cognate)
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Middle English why (inherited)
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Proto-Germanic *hwī (inherited)
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Middle High German wiu (cognate)
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Ancient Greek πεῖ (cognate)
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Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- (root)
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Proto-Indo-European *kʷey (derived)
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Proto-Indo-European *kʷis (mention)
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Proto-Indo-European *kʷid (mention)
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Norwegian Bokmål - (cognate)
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Norwegian Nynorsk kvi (cognate)
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Old Saxon hwī (cognate)
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Old Saxon hwiu (mention)
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English nowhy (mention)
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Norwegian Bokmål hvi (cognate)
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Norwegian Nynorsk kvi (cognate)
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Pennsylvania German wie (mention)