Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwatu

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 *hwatō; compare *hwattjan (“to whet”).

Noun

*hwatu f

1. warning, signal

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hwatu
Genitive	*hwatā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hwatu	*hwatō
Accusative	*hwatā	*hwatā
Genitive	*hwatā	*hwatō
Dative	*hwatē	*hwatōm, *hwatum
Instrumental	*hwatu	*hwatōm, *hwatum

Descendants

• Old English: hwatu
  • Middle English: whate, ȝwate, quate, qwate, wate, what; hwate (Early Middle English)