Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwat
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *hwat.
Pronoun
- what (interrogative)
Inflection
Proto-West Germanic personal pronouns
Descendants
- Old English: hwæt, huæt, huæd, huædd, huætd, huædt, hwet, wæt, whæt, hwat
- Old Frisian: hwet
- Old Saxon: hwat
- Old Dutch: wat
- Old High German: waȥ, whaz, hwaz, hwat
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *hwataz.
Adjective
*hwat
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *hwat | ||
| Genitive | *hwatas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *hwat | *hwatu | *hwat |
| Accusative | *hwatanā | *hwatā | *hwat |
| Genitive | *hwatas | *hwateʀā | *hwatas |
| Dative | *hwatumē | *hwateʀē | *hwatumē |
| Instrumental | *hwatu | *hwateʀu | *hwatu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *hwatē | *hwatō | *hwatu |
| Accusative | *hwatā | *hwatā | *hwatu |
| Genitive | *hwateʀō | *hwateʀō | *hwateʀō |
| Dative | *hwatēm, *hwatum | *hwatēm, *hwatum | *hwatēm, *hwatum |
| Instrumental | *hwatēm, *hwatum | *hwatēm, *hwatum | *hwatēm, *hwatum |
Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 125: “*hwat”