Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwaz
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
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From Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, *kʷis.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
*hwaz
- (interrogative) who, what
- (interrogative, in genitive) whose
- (interrogative, in dative) whom
- (interrogative, in instrumental) with whom, with what, how, in what way
Inflection
The feminine forms were likely already rare: they do not survive anywhere outside Gothic, and are obsolescent even there. They were used only when the person being asked about was known to be female. For a person of unknown gender, the masculine forms were used.
Declension of *hwaz (irregular)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *hwaʀ
- Old Norse: *hver, *hvar, hverr (paradigm merged with *hwarjaz), hvat, hví, hvé
- Icelandic: hver, hvað, hví
- Faroese: hvør, hvat, hví
- Norwegian: hvem (from the dative), hva, hvis (from the genitive), hvi, hvo (archaic)
- Norwegian: kven (from the accusative), kva, kvi (poetic, dialectal)
- Old Swedish: hvar, hwar, hwo; hvat
- Danish: hvem (from the dative), hvad, hvis (from the genitive), hvi, hvo (archaic)
- Jamtish: hut, hvuð, horreg
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- Gothic: 𐍈𐌰𐍃 (ƕas), 𐍈𐌰 (ƕa), 𐍈𐌴 (ƕē)