Appendix:Proto-Germanic/hwaz Dec 31st 2012, 04:07 | | (One intermediate revision by one user not shown) | Line 83: | Line 83: | | **** Afrikaans: {{l|af|wie}}, {{l|af|wat}} | | **** Afrikaans: {{l|af|wie}}, {{l|af|wat}} | | * Old High German: {{l|goh|wer|wēr}}, {{l|goh|waz}}, {{l|goh|wiu}} | | * Old High German: {{l|goh|wer|wēr}}, {{l|goh|waz}}, {{l|goh|wiu}} | − | ** German: {{l|de|wer}}, {{l|de|was}}, {{l|goh|wie}} | + | ** German: {{l|de|wer}}, {{l|de|was}}, {{l|de|wie}} | | + | ** Yiddish: {{l|yi|ווער|tr=ver}}, {{l|yi|וואָס|tr=vos}}, {{l|yi|ווי|tr=vi}} | | * Old Norse: {{l|non|hvar}}, {{l|non|hver}}, {{l|non|hverr}} (paradigm merged with {{termx|hwarjaz|lang=gem-pro}}), {{l|non|hvat}}, {{l|non|hví}}, {{l|non|hvé}} | | * Old Norse: {{l|non|hvar}}, {{l|non|hver}}, {{l|non|hverr}} (paradigm merged with {{termx|hwarjaz|lang=gem-pro}}), {{l|non|hvat}}, {{l|non|hví}}, {{l|non|hvé}} | | ** Icelandic: {{l|is|hver}}, {{l|is|hvað}}, {{l|is|hví}} | | ** Icelandic: {{l|is|hver}}, {{l|is|hvað}}, {{l|is|hví}} |
Latest revision as of 04:07, 31 December 2012 [edit] Proto-Germanic [edit] Etymology From Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, *kʷis. [edit] Pronunciation [edit] Pronoun *hwaz - (interrogative) who, what
- (interrogative, in genitive) whose
- (interrogative, in instrumental) with who, with what, how, in what way
[edit] Declension The feminine forms were rare, and only used when the person being asked about was known to be female. For a person of unknown gender, the masculine forms were used. Declension of *hwaz (irregular) Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | *hwaz | — | *hwō | — | *hwat | — |
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Accusative | *hwanǭ | — | *hwǭ | — | *hwat | — |
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Genitive | *hwes | — | *hwezōz | — | *hwes | — |
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Dative | *hwammai | — | *hwezōi | — | *hwammai | — |
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Instrumental | *hwē, *hwī, *hwō | — | *hwezō | — | *hwē, *hwī, *hwō | — |
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[edit] Derived terms [edit] Related terms [edit] Descendants - Old English: hwā, hwæt, hwȳ
- Old Frisian: hwā, hwet
- Old Saxon: hwē, hwat
- Old Dutch: wie, wē, wat
- Old High German: wēr, waz, wiu
- Old Norse: hvar, hver, hverr (paradigm merged with *hwarjaz), hvat, hví, hvé
- Gothic: 𐍈𐌰𐍃 (hwas), 𐍈𐌰 (hwa), 𐍈𐌴 (hwe)
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