was
Hunsrik
/vas/
pronoun
Definitions
- (interrogative) what
- (relative) what
- (indefinite) something, anything
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German waz inherited from Old High German waz inherited from Proto-Germanic *hwat (what) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kʷod.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kʷod
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- quod Latin
- was German
- *kʷod Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷod, *kʷód Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷód Proto-Indo-European
- *hwat Proto-Germanic
- *hwaz Proto-Germanic
- hwæt Old English
- hvat Old Norse
- waz Old High German
- waz Middle High German
- וואָס Yiddish
- *hwat gmw-pro
- wat Old Dutch
- bas Cimbrian
- baz Cimbrian
- hwat Old Saxon
- waas Alemannic German
- kad Lithuanian
- hwet Old Frisian