hwat
Middle English
editPronoun
edithwat
- (chiefly in Early Middle English) Alternative spelling of what
Old Saxon
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *hwat. Compare Old English hwæt, Old Frisian hwet, Old High German hwaz, Old Norse hvat, Gothic 𐍈𐌰 (ƕa).
Pronoun
edithwat n
Declension
editDeclension of hwat
| Impersonal | Personal | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hwat | hwē |
| accusative | hwat | hwēna |
| genitive | hwes | hwes |
| dative | hwēmu | hwēmu |
Interjection
edithwat
Usage notes
editVariously translated, but compare Old English hwæt.
Descendants
edit- Low German: wat
Categories:
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English pronouns
- Early Middle English
- Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old Saxon lemmas
- Old Saxon pronouns
- Old Saxon interrogative pronouns
- Old Saxon interjections