hwæt
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[edit] Old English
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[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /hwæt/, [ʍæt]
[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, *kʷod. Cognates include Old Frisian hwet, Old Saxon hwat (Dutch wat), Old High German hwaz (German was), Old Norse hvat (Swedish vad), Gothic 𐍈𐌰. The Indo-European root also led to the Latin quod, Lithuanian kàd, and Irish cad.
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