hvað
Icelandic
/xʷaːð/, /kʰvaːð/
pronoun form
Definitions
- (inflection of) hver
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse hvat derived from Proto-Germanic *hwaz (who), *hwat (what) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kʷód (what).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kʷód
Gloss
what
Concept
Semantic Field
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
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
- wer German
- *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷis Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷod Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷod, *kʷód Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷos Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷód Proto-Indo-European
- hva Norwegian Bokmål
- *hwanǭ Proto-Germanic
- *hwarjaz Proto-Germanic
- *hwat Proto-Germanic
- *hwaz Proto-Germanic
- vad Swedish
- kva Norwegian Nynorsk
- hwa Old English
- hwæt Old English
- hwā Old English
- what Middle English
- hvar Old Norse
- hvat Old Norse
- hvatki Old Norse
- hveim Old Norse
- hvad Danish
- hvilken Danish
- waz Old High German
- wer Old High German
- hvat Faroese
- waz Middle High German
- 𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰 Gothic
- 𐍈𐌰𐍃 Gothic
- *hwat gmw-pro
- *hwaʀ gmw-pro
- wat Old Dutch
- hwat Old Saxon
- waas Alemannic German
- hot Westrobothnian
- hvo Westrobothnian
- hwet Old Frisian
- hwā Old Frisian
- wataim Tok Pisin
- wer Hunsrik
- hwa Old Danish
- wot Kriol