hvat

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hvat, from Proto-Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷód, *kʷod.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

hvat n

  1. what

Declension

Interrogative pronoun - spurnarfornavn
Singular (eintal) m f n
Nominative (hvørfall) hvør hvør hvat
Accusative (hvønnfall) hvønn hvørja
Dative (hvørjumfall) hvørjum hvørjari / hvørji hvørjum
Genitive (hvørsfall) hvørs (hvørjar) hvørs
Plural (fleirtal) m f n
Nominative (hvørfall) hvørjir hvørjar hvørji
Accusative (hvønnfall) hvørjar
Dative (hvørjumfall) hvørjum
Genitive (hvørsfall) hvørja


Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwat (what), neuter nominative of *hwaz (who, what). Cognate with Old English hwæt, Old Frisian hwet, Old Saxon hwat, Old Dutch wat, Old High German waz, Gothic 𐍈𐌰 (ƕa).

Pronoun

hvat

  1. what (nominative and accusative singular neuter interrogative pronoun)
  2. what (nominative and accusative singular neuter relative pronoun)

Declension

Descendants

References

  • hvat”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press