hwæg

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwajją, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- (“to pile up, build”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xwæːj/, [ʍæːj]

Noun

hwǣġ n

  1. whey

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative hwǣġ hwǣġ
accusative hwǣġ hwǣġ
genitive hwǣġes hwǣġa
dative hwǣġe hwǣġum

Descendants

  • Middle English: whey, wheyy, whei, wheye, wheyȝe, wey, whay, qwhey, weyȝe, whaye, wege
    • English: whey (whig)
    • Scots: quhaye, quhay, quhey, whey, fey
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