Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwaþar
Proto-West Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *hwaþeraz.
Determiner
edit*hwaþar[1]
- which (of two, interrogative)
Inflection
edita-stem | |||
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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
editDescendants
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”