how

Signification (English)

1. To what degree or extent.
2. In what manner:
3. In what manner:
4. In what manner:
5. In what manner:
6. In what manner:
7. In what manner:
8. In what manner
9. In what state or condition.
10. Used as a modifier to indicate surprise, delight, or other strong feelings in an exclamation.

comment

comme

pourquoi

combien

de quelle manière

que

par quel moyen

dans quel but

pour quelle raison

qu’est-ce que

in what way

by what means

in what manner

what extent

what degree

whereby

what kind of

which way

as many as

for what reason

what kind

what like

which one

for what purpose

what sort

what amount

by what ? whence

at once

by which

from where

be sure

Fréquence

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/haʊ/

Inherited from moyen anglais

Inherited from ancien anglais

Cognate with écossais

Cognate with saterlandais

Cognate with frison occidental

Cognate with bas-allemand

Cognate with néerlandais

Cognate with allemand

Cognate with suédois

Inherited from moyen anglais

Inherited from ancien anglais

Cognate with ancien français

Cognate with lakota

In summary

From Middle English how, hou, hu, hwu, from Old English hū, from Proto-West Germanic *hwō, from Proto-Germanic *hwō (“through what, how”), from the same root as hwæt (“who, what”). /hw/ > /h/ due to wh-cluster reduction in Old English; compare who, which underwent this change later, and thus is spelt wh (Middle English spelling of /hw/) but pronounced /h/ (it previously had a different vowel, hence avoided the spelling and sound change in Old English). Vowel change per Great Vowel Shift. Akin to Scots hoo, foo (“how”), Saterland Frisian wo (“how”), West Frisian hoe (“how”), Low German ho, wo, wu (“how”), Dutch hoe (“how”), German wie (“how”), Swedish hur (“how”). See who and compare why.

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