## Meanings
1. Used to ask about the identity of a person or people.
2. Used to give more information about a person already mentioned.
3. The person or people that.

## Examples
- Who is that man over there?
- That's the woman who works at the bakery.
- Who breaks the rules will be punished.

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *kʷ-
- Root: who
- Root: hwā
- Root: *hwaʀ
- Root: *hwaz
- Root: *kʷos

## Etymology
From Middle English who, hwo, huo, wha, hwoa, hwa, from Old English hwā (dative hwām, genitive hwæs), from Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, *kʷís. The sound change /hw/ > /h/ (without a corresponding change in spelling) was due to wh-cluster reduction after an irregular change of /ɑː/ to /oː/ in Middle English (instead of the expected /ɔː/) and further to /uː/ regularly in Early Modern English. A similar change occurred in two. Compare how, which underwent wh-reduction earlier (in Old English), and thus is spelt with h. Compare Scots wha, We…

## AI Etymology
Who is from Middle English who, hwo, huo, wha, hwoa, hwa, from Old English hwā (dative hwām, genitive hwæs), from Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, *kʷís. The sound change /hw/ > /h/ (without a corresponding change in spelling) was due to wh-cluster reduction after an irregular change of /ɑː/ to /oː/ in Middle English (instead of the expected /ɔː/) and further to /uː/ regularly in Early Modern English. A similar change occurred in two. Compare how, which underwent wh-reduction earlier (in Old English), and thus is spelt with h. Important historical forms include Proto-Indo-European *kʷ-, Middle English who, Old English hwā, Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ, Proto-Germanic *hwaz, and Proto-Indo-European *kʷos.

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