*hwat

Runic: ᚺᚹᚨᛏ Pronunciation: /ˈxʷɑt/

pronoun

Meanings

nominative/accusative singular neuter of *hwaz

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷód (‘what’), *kʷod, neuter form of *kʷós (‘who’), *kʷós, *kʷís.

*hwat (Proto-West Germanic)
- wat (Old Dutch)
  - wat (Middle Dutch)
    - wat (Afrikaans)
    - wat (Dutch)
    - waat (Limburgish)
*hwat (Proto-West Germanic)
- hwæt, huæt, huæd, huædd, huætd, huædt, hwet, wæt, whæt, hwat (Old English)
  - what, whad, whote, watte, wath, wad, qhat, whæt, whæht, waht, waet, wæht, weht, hweat (Middle English)
    - what (English)
    - what, whate, whit, whut, wha', quhat, quat, fat, faht, phat, fit, fut, fout, at (Scots)
    - faade, fhaade, faad, fade, f'ad (Yola)
*hwat (Proto-West Germanic)
- hwet (Old Frisian)
  - wat (North Frisian)
  - wät (Saterland Frisian)
  - wat (West Frisian)
*hwat (Proto-West Germanic)
- waȥ, whaȥ, hwaȥ, hwat (Old High German)
  - waȥ, was, wat (Middle High German)
    - waas, waa, was, wa (Alemannic German)
    - wat (Central Franconian)
    - bas, baz (Cimbrian)
    - was (German)
    - was, wat (Hunsrik)
    - wat (Luxembourgish)
    - וואָס (vos) (Yiddish)
*hwat (Proto-West Germanic)
- hwat (Old Saxon)
  - wat (Middle Low German)
    - wat (Low German)
hvat (Old Norse)
- hvat (Faroese)
- hvað (Icelandic)
- hut, hvuð (Jamtish)
- kva, kvat, k(v)att, kåt, ka, ke, ko, kø, hot, høt, hø, ho (Norwegian Nynorsk)
hvat (Old Norse)
- hwat (Old Danish)
  - hvad (Danish)
    - hva (Norwegian Bokmål)
hvat (Old Norse)
- hvat, hvadh (Old Swedish)
  - vad, hvad (Swedish)