But I aske of Tyndale no suche farre fet whyes, but a why of hys owne dede... I aske hym thys why, why dyd he translate the identical by thys englysshe worde elder.In Outdated English the neuter instrumental sort hwȳ is also attested in prepositional phrases in comparable use, particularly in for hwȳ for why adv., and also with other prepositio