Etymograph

English

Wholock

Blend of who + Sherlock.

A blend of who + Sherlock

Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- ‘interrogative root’

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Proto-Germanic *hwaz ‘who’

Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ

Old English hwā ‘who’

Middle English who ‘who’

English who

Old English scir-locc ‘bright-lock’

English Sherlock

Today it means

name A genre of chiefly fan-created crossover fiction blending characters, settings, and plot elements from the Sherlock Holmes stories (typically the BBC series Sherlock) and the television series Doctor Who.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Wholock