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

  1. intertidal zone, foreshore, especially the vast...

Ancestry of “Watt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanwatwhat
2Old Saxonhwatwhat; lo!, what!, indeed!
3Proto-West Germanichwatwhat
4Proto-Germanichwatnominative/accusative singular neuter of *hwaz
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷódwhat
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷóswho

Words derived from “Watt”

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