Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwat

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwat.

Pronoun

*hwat

1. what (interrogative)

Inflection

Proto-West Germanic personal pronouns

singular	first person	second person	reflexive
nominative	*ik	*þū	-
accusative	*mik	*þik	*sik
dative	*miʀ	*þiʀ
possessive	*mīn	*þīn	*sīn
dual	first person	second person	reflexive
nominative	*wit	*jit	-
accusative	*unk	*inkw	*sik
dative
possessive	*unkar	*inkwar	*sīn
plural	first person	second person	reflexive
nominative	*wiʀ	*jiʀ	-
accusative	*uns	*iwwi	*sik
dative
possessive	*unsar	*iuwar	*sīn

Descendants

• Old English: hwæt, huæt, huæd, huædd, huætd, huædt, hwet, wæt, whæt, hwat
  • Middle English: what, whad, whote, watte, wath, wad, qhat, whæt, whæht, waht, waet, wæht, weht, hweat (Southern West Mid)
    • English: what
    • Scots: what, whate, whit, whut, wha', quhat, quat, fat, faht, phat, fit, fut, fout, at
    • Yola: faade, fhaade, faad, fade, f'ad
• Old Frisian: hwet
  • Saterland Frisian: wät
  • West Frisian: wat
• Old Saxon: hwat
  • Middle Low German: wat
    • Low German: wat
• Old Dutch: wat
  • Middle Dutch: wat
    • Afrikaans: wat
    • Dutch: wat
    • Limburgish: waat
• Old High German: waz, whaz, hwaz, hwat
  • Middle High German: waz, wat
    • Alemannic German: waas, waa, was, wa (unstressed)
    • Central Franconian: wat
    • Cimbrian: bas, baz (Luserna)
    • Hunsrik: was
    • German: was
    • Luxembourgish: wat
    • Yiddish: וואָס (vos)