whom

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*hwammai
2. Old English · inherited fromhwām
3. Middle English · inherited fromwhom
4. English todaywhom

From Middle English whom, wham, from Old English hwām, hwǣm, from Proto-Germanic *hwammai, dative case of *hwaz (“who, what”). Cognate with Scots wham (“whom”), German wem (“whom, to whom”), Danish hvem (“who, whom”), Swedish vem (“who, whom”).