hvat

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hvat, from Proto-Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷód, *kʷod.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kvɛaːʰt/

Pronoun

hvat n

  1. what

Declension
Interrogative pronoun - spurnarfornavn
Singular (eintal) m f n
Nominative (hvørfall) hvør hvør hvat
Accusative (hvønnfall) hvønn hvørja
Dative (hvørjumfall) hvørjum hvørjari / hvørji hvørjum
Genitive (hvørsfall) hvørs (hvørjar) hvørs
Plural (fleirtal) m f n
Nominative (hvørfall) hvørjir hvørjar hvørji
Accusative (hvønnfall) hvørjar
Dative (hvørjumfall) hvørjum
Genitive (hvørsfall) hvørja

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwat (“what”), neuter nominative of *hwaz (“who, what”). Cognate with Old English hwæt, Old Frisian hwet, Old Saxon hwat, Old Dutch wat, Old High German waz, Gothic 𐍈𐌰 (ƕa).

Pronoun

hvat

  1. what (nominative and accusative singular neuter interrogative pronoun)
  2. what (nominative and accusative singular neuter relative pronoun)

Declension
    Declension of hvar
singular masculine neuter
nominative *hver, *hvar hvat
accusative *hven hvat
dative hveim hví
genitive hves hves

Descendants
  • Icelandic: hvað
  • Faroese: hvat
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kva, kvat; (dialectal) k(v)att, kåt, ka, ke, ko, kø, hot, høt, hø, ho
  • Jamtish: hut, hvuð
  • Old Swedish: hvat, hvadh
    • Swedish: vad, hvad (pre-1906 spelling)
  • Old Danish: hwat
    • Danish: hvad
      • Norwegian Bokmål: hva

References
  • “hvat”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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