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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwatu
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hwatō; compare *hwattjan (“to whet”).
Noun
*hwatu f
- warning, signal
Inflection
ō-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *hwatu | |
Genitive | *hwatā | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *hwatu | *hwatō |
Accusative | *hwatā | *hwatā |
Genitive | *hwatā | *hwatō |
Dative | *hwatē | *hwatōm |
Instrumental | *hwatu | *hwatōm |
Descendants
- Old English: hwatu
- Middle English: whate, ȝwate, quate, qwate, wate, what