Where does “Watt” come from?
Watt (German) comes from Middle Low German wat, from Old Saxon hwat, from Proto-West Germanic hwat, from Proto-Germanic hwat, from Proto-Indo-European kʷód, from Proto-Indo-European kʷós — who.
Watt (German): intertidal zone, foreshore, especially the vast...
Definitions
- intertidal zone, foreshore, especially the vast...
Ancestry of “Watt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | wat | what |
| 2 | Old Saxon | hwat | what; lo!, what!, indeed! |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | hwat | what |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hwat | nominative/accusative singular neuter of *hwaz |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷód | what |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷós | who |
Words derived from “Watt”