Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwat
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology 1
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
- 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
- Old English: hwæt
- Middle English: hwat, whæt
- Old Saxon: hwat (in compounds)
- Old High German: hwaz, waz
- Middle High German: was
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”