Where does “hwatu” come from?

hwatu (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic *hwatu, from Proto-Germanic *hwatō — incitement, motivation.

hwatu (Old English): omen, augury

Definitions

  1. omen, augury

Ancestry of “hwatu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*hwatu—
2Proto-Germanic*hwatōincitement, motivation
Every word from Proto-Germanic *hwatō →Every word from Proto-Germanic *hwatu →
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