Etymograph

English

wo

Variant of who.

Another origin of wo

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyk-‘to bend, twist’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*waigaz‘wall’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*waig‘wall’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150wāh‘a wall, partition’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500wough
  6. Englishtodaywo

Today it means

intj A falconer's call to a hawk.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “wo”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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