hwæs
Old English
Alternative forms
- hƿæs — wynn spelling
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *hwes, genitive case of *hwaz (“who, what”).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
hwæs
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *hwassaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷh₁dstós.
Adjective
hwæs
Declension
Declension of hwæs — Strong
Declension of hwæs — Weak
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hwæs”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Categories:
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English non-lemma forms
- Old English pronoun forms
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old English lemmas
- Old English adjectives