Where does “hvat” come from?

hvat (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic hwat, from Proto-Indo-European kʷód, from Proto-Indo-European kʷós — who.

hvat (Old Norse): what

Definitions

  1. what

Ancestry of “hvat”, step by step

hvat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic hwat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichwatnominative/accusative singular neuter of *hwaz
2Proto-Indo-Europeankʷódwhat
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷóswho

via Germanic *hwat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanic*hwat—

Words derived from “hvat”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷód →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwat →