wat
Frisian (Western)
/vɔt/
pronoun
Definitions
- what (interrogative)
- what (relative)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Frisian hwet inherited from Proto-Germanic *hwat (what) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kʷód (what).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kʷód
Gloss
what
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Distribution of cognates by language
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Cognates and derived terms
- anywhat English
- elsewhat English
- everwhat English
- mostwhat English
- muchwhat English
- nighwhat English
- nowhat English
- otherwhat English
- somewhat English
- what English
- whatchoo English
- whatever English
- whath English
- whatness English
- whatnot English
- whatsoever English
- whatth English
- you-know-what English
- jawadde Dutch, Flemish
- wablief Dutch, Flemish
- wat Dutch, Flemish
- *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷod Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷod, *kʷód Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷód Proto-Indo-European
- *hwat Proto-Germanic
- *hwaz Proto-Germanic
- hwæt Old English
- what Middle English
- hvat Old Norse
- wat Middle Dutch
- waz Old High German
- wat Afrikaans
- *hwat gmw-pro
- wat Old Dutch
- hwat Old Saxon
- hwet Old Frisian
- ablif Papiamentu
- wataim Tok Pisin
- wot Kriol