Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwataz
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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kʷh₁dós, adjectival derivation from *kʷeh₁d-, whence Proto-Germanic *hwētaną.
Pronunciation
Adjective
*hwataz
Inflection
Declension of *hwataz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *hwataz | *hwatai | *hwatō | *hwatôz | *hwatą, -atō | *hwatō |
| Accusative | *hwatanǭ | *hwatanz | *hwatǭ | *hwatōz | *hwatą, -atō | *hwatō |
| Genitive | *hwatas, -is | *hwataizǫ̂ | *hwataizōz | *hwataizǫ̂ | *hwatas, -is | *hwataizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *hwatammai | *hwataimaz | *hwataizōi | *hwataimaz | *hwatammai | *hwataimaz |
| Instrumental | *hwatanō | *hwataimiz | *hwataizō | *hwataimiz | *hwatanō | *hwataimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *hwatô | *hwataniz | *hwatǭ | *hwatōniz | *hwatô | *hwatōnō |
| Accusative | *hwatanų | *hwatanunz | *hwatōnų | *hwatōnunz | *hwatô | *hwatōnō |
| Genitive | *hwatiniz | *hwatanǫ̂ | *hwatōniz | *hwatōnǫ̂ | *hwatiniz | *hwatanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *hwatini | *hwatammaz | *hwatōni | *hwatōmaz | *hwatini | *hwatammaz |
| Instrumental | *hwatinē | *hwatammiz | *hwatōnē | *hwatōmiz | *hwatinē | *hwatammiz |
Related terms
Descendants
- Old English: hwæt
- Old Saxon: hwat (in compounds)
- Old High German: hwaz, waz
- Middle High German: was
- Old Norse: hvatr
- Icelandic: hvatur
- Faroese: hvat- (as a prefix in hvatligur, hvatmæltur, hvattalandi)
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kvat
- Norwegian Bokmål: kvat
References
- Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN