Where does “waut” come from?

waut (Plautdietsch) 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.

waut (Plautdietsch): what

Definitions

  1. what

Ancestry of “waut”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷód →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwat →