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diverging@piefed.social 3 days agoGerman is not the same as Germanic. Both German and English evolved from a common ancestor, which we call Proto-Germanic.
'Who' and 'Where' are '*hwaz' and '*hwar' in Proto-Germanic.
I would say that in this case German strayed more than English.
Saleh@feddit.org 3 days ago
Wat?
meekah@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Who = hwaz = wer Where = hwar = Wo