Hwy

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʍyː/

Etymology

From a presumed earlier *hwīe, from West Germanic *hwiu, from Proto-Germanic *hwī (“with what”), to which the more common instrumental ending *-ō had been added.

Adverb

hwȳ

1. why

Related terms

• hu
• hwær
• hwanon
• hwider
• hwonne

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA: /hwi/, SAMPA: /hwi/

Pronoun

hwy

1. they; them.

Notes

Hwy is Literary Welsh. Colloquial Welsh uses nhw instead.es:hwy fr:hwy he:hwy nl:hwy