hwat

Middle English

Pronoun

hwat

  1. (chiefly in Early Middle English) Alternative spelling of what

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷod. Compare Old English hwæt, Old Frisian hwet, Old High German hwaz, Old Norse hvat, Gothic 𐍈𐌰 (ƕa).

Pronoun

hwat n

  1. what

Declension

Descendants

  • Low German: wat
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