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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwatō
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *hwatjaną (“to whet, incite”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxʷɑ.tɔː/
Noun
*hwatō f
- incitement, motivation
Declension
ō-stemDeclension of *hwatō (ō-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *hwatō | *hwatôz | |
vocative | *hwatō | *hwatôz | |
accusative | *hwatǭ | *hwatōz | |
genitive | *hwatōz | *hwatǫ̂ | |
dative | *hwatōi | *hwatōmaz | |
instrumental | *hwatō | *hwatōmiz |
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *hwatu
- Old English: hwatu
- Middle English: whate, ȝwate, quate, qwate, wate, what
- Old English: hwatu
- Old Norse: hvǫt, hvꜹt, hvot
- Icelandic: hvöt