*hwaz

Runic: ᚺᚹᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈxʷɑz/

pronoun

Meanings

  1. who, what
  2. whose
  3. whom
  4. with whom, with what, how, in what way

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, *kʷís (‘interrogative pronoun’).

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Descendants

  • *hwaʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wie (Old Dutch)
      • wie (Middle Dutch)
        • wie (Dutch)
        • wae (Limburgish)
  • *hwaʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • hwā (Old English)
      • who, ȝwo, ho, hoo, huo, quo, qwo, qwho, whoo, wo, woo, qua, wha, hwa, hwo, hwoa (Middle English)
        • who (English)
        • whe (Geordie)
        • wha (Scots)
        • fho, fo, vo (Yola)
  • *hwaʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • hwā (Old Frisian)
      • wa (West Frisian)
  • *hwaʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wër, hwër, *(h)wie (Old High German)
      • wër, wie, wē (Middle High German)
        • wä (Central Franconian)
        • bèar, ber (Cimbrian)
        • wer (German)
        • ווער (ver) (Yiddish)
  • *hwaʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • hwē (Old Saxon)
      • wê, wei, wie (Middle Low German)
        • we, wo, wie (Low German)
  • *hver (Old Norse)
    • hvør, hvat, hví (Faroese)
    • hver, hvað, hví (Icelandic)
    • hut, hvuð, horreg (Jamtish)
    • kven (from the accusative), kveim (from the dative), kva, kvi, (dialectal) kver, kvæ (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • *hver (Old Norse)
    • hvem, hvad, hvis, hvi, hvo (Danish)
      • hvem, hva, hvis, hvi, hvo (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • *hver (Old Norse)
    • hvar, hwar, hwo, hvat (Old Swedish)
      • vem, vad, vi, ho (Swedish)
  • *hvar (Old Norse)
    • hvør, hvat, hví (Faroese)
    • hver, hvað, hví (Icelandic)
    • hut, hvuð, horreg (Jamtish)
    • kven (from the accusative), kveim (from the dative), kva, kvi, (dialectal) kver, kvæ (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • *hvar (Old Norse)
    • hvem, hvad, hvis, hvi, hvo (Danish)
      • hvem, hva, hvis, hvi, hvo (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • *hvar (Old Norse)
    • hvar, hwar, hwo, hvat (Old Swedish)
      • vem, vad, vi, ho (Swedish)
  • hverr (Old Norse)
    • hvør, hvat, hví (Faroese)
    • hver, hvað, hví (Icelandic)
    • hut, hvuð, horreg (Jamtish)
    • kven (from the accusative), kveim (from the dative), kva, kvi, (dialectal) kver, kvæ (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • hverr (Old Norse)
    • hvem, hvad, hvis, hvi, hvo (Danish)
      • hvem, hva, hvis, hvi, hvo (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • hverr (Old Norse)
    • hvar, hwar, hwo, hvat (Old Swedish)
      • vem, vad, vi, ho (Swedish)
  • hvat (Old Norse)
    • hvør, hvat, hví (Faroese)
    • hver, hvað, hví (Icelandic)
    • hut, hvuð, horreg (Jamtish)
    • kven (from the accusative), kveim (from the dative), kva, kvi, (dialectal) kver, kvæ (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • hvat (Old Norse)
    • hvem, hvad, hvis, hvi, hvo (Danish)
      • hvem, hva, hvis, hvi, hvo (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • hvat (Old Norse)
    • hvar, hwar, hwo, hvat (Old Swedish)
      • vem, vad, vi, ho (Swedish)
  • hví (Old Norse)
    • hvør, hvat, hví (Faroese)
    • hver, hvað, hví (Icelandic)
    • hut, hvuð, horreg (Jamtish)
    • kven (from the accusative), kveim (from the dative), kva, kvi, (dialectal) kver, kvæ (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • hví (Old Norse)
    • hvem, hvad, hvis, hvi, hvo (Danish)
      • hvem, hva, hvis, hvi, hvo (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • hví (Old Norse)
    • hvar, hwar, hwo, hvat (Old Swedish)
      • vem, vad, vi, ho (Swedish)
  • hvé (Old Norse)
    • hvør, hvat, hví (Faroese)
    • hver, hvað, hví (Icelandic)
    • hut, hvuð, horreg (Jamtish)
    • kven (from the accusative), kveim (from the dative), kva, kvi, (dialectal) kver, kvæ (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • hvé (Old Norse)
    • hvem, hvad, hvis, hvi, hvo (Danish)
      • hvem, hva, hvis, hvi, hvo (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • hvé (Old Norse)
    • hvar, hwar, hwo, hvat (Old Swedish)
      • vem, vad, vi, ho (Swedish)
  • 𐍈𐌰𐍃 (ƕas) (Gothic)
  • 𐍈𐌰 (ƕa) (Gothic)
  • 𐍈𐌴 (ƕē) (Gothic)

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