|                               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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