Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwataz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷh₁dós, adjectival derivation from *kʷeh₁d-, whence Proto-Germanic *hwētaną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxʷɑ.tɑz/

Adjective

*hwataz

quick, sharp, brave

Inflection

Declension of *hwataz (a-stem)
Strong declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*hwataz	*hwatō	*hwatą, -atō	*hwatai	*hwatôz	*hwatō
accusative	*hwatanǭ	*hwatǭ	*hwatą, -atō	*hwatanz	*hwatōz	*hwatō
genitive	*hwatas, -is	*hwataizōz	*hwatas, -is	*hwataizǫ̂	*hwataizǫ̂	*hwataizǫ̂
dative	*hwatammai	*hwataizōi	*hwatammai	*hwataimaz	*hwataimaz	*hwataimaz
instrumental	*hwatanō	*hwataizō	*hwatanō	*hwataimiz	*hwataimiz	*hwataimiz

Weak declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*hwatô	*hwatǭ	*hwatô	*hwataniz	*hwatōniz	*hwatōnō
accusative	*hwatanų	*hwatōnų	*hwatô	*hwatanunz	*hwatōnunz	*hwatōnō
genitive	*hwatiniz	*hwatōniz	*hwatiniz	*hwatanǫ̂	*hwatōnǫ̂	*hwatanǫ̂
dative	*hwatini	*hwatōni	*hwatini	*hwatammaz	*hwatōmaz	*hwatammaz
instrumental	*hwatinē	*hwatōnē	*hwatinē	*hwatammiz	*hwatōmiz	*hwatammiz

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *hwat
- Old English: hwæt
  - Middle English: hwat, whæt
- Old Saxon: hwat (in compounds)
- Old High German: hwaz, waz
  - Middle High German: was
Old Norse: hvatr
- Icelandic: hvatur
- Faroese: hvat- (as a prefix in hvatligur, hvatmæltur, hvattalandi)
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kvat
- Norwegian Bokmål: kvat

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN