Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwaþar
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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 edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *hwaþeraz.
Determiner edit
*hwaþar[1]
- which (of two, interrogative)
Inflection edit
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *hwaþar | ||
| Genitive | *hwaþaras | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *hwaþar | *hwaþaru | *hwaþar |
| Accusative | *hwaþaranā | *hwaþarā | *hwaþar |
| Genitive | *hwaþaras | *hwaþareʀā | *hwaþaras |
| Dative | *hwaþarumē | *hwaþareʀē | *hwaþarumē |
| Instrumental | *hwaþaru | *hwaþareʀu | *hwaþaru |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *hwaþarē | *hwaþarō | *hwaþaru |
| Accusative | *hwaþarā | *hwaþarā | *hwaþaru |
| Genitive | *hwaþareʀō | *hwaþareʀō | *hwaþareʀō |
| Dative | *hwaþarēm, *hwaþarum | *hwaþarēm, *hwaþarum | *hwaþarēm, *hwaþarum |
| Instrumental | *hwaþarēm, *hwaþarum | *hwaþarēm, *hwaþarum | *hwaþarēm, *hwaþarum |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Old English: hwæþer
- Old Frisian: hweder
- Old Saxon: hwēthar
- Old Dutch: *wether
- Old High German: wedar
References edit
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 147: “PWGmc *hwaþar”