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The reason for writing whole as wh is to distinguish it from the homonym hole (which was different in Old English from whole), and the circumstances are different from the wh in what or whistle. In terms of its roots, it was originally supposed to be written as h, and in fact it was once written as h, but it became wh because of the existence of hole. For those who are wondering "What is Proto-Indo-European?", please watch this video → • The origin of English and the Indo-European language family [History of English: Prologue] This time's recommended book "PINNACLE 420: Invincible Difficult Words for University Entrance Exams" is here → https://amzn.to/4aVa4TL Click here to purchase language-related goods → https://suzuri.jp/mon_mon_sprache/omoide I'm on Twitter. I accept requests for videos and goods, corrections of mistakes, questions, etc. via DM. → / gengo_no_heya 0:00 Intro 1:38 The roots of the Germanic /h/ 4:35 The roots of the Greek /h/ 9:23 The same changes occurred in Japanese as in Greek 10:25 Summary 11:32 Recommended books for this issue