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Etymology
From Middle English who, from Old English hwā, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
fho
- who
1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:Fho told thee?- Who told thee?
- whom
1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 102:To fho shall ich maake mee redress?- To whom shall I make my redress?
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 40