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Why? WHY? (startrek.website)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The Proto-Germanic words these both derived from are hwar (where) and hwas (who). English clearly stayed closer to hwar, but both neither English nor German kept close to hwas.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You could actually argue English might have stayed close to hwas if you consider starting a question about someone with "who was...?"

Apparently words just kinda break bits and pieces off each other some times