hwat

== English == === Determiner === hwat (humorous) Deliberate misspelling of what. Pronunciation spelling of what representing speech without the wine-whine merger. == Middle English == === Pronoun === hwat (chiefly in Early Middle English) alternative form of what == Old Saxon == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *hwat. Compare Old English hwæt, Old Frisian hwet, Old High German waz, Old Dutch wat, Old Norse hvat, Gothic 𐍈𐌰 (ƕa). === Pronoun === hwat n what 9th c. Heliand, verse 4409 9th c. Heliand, verse 4481 9th c. Heliand, verse 5542 what kind (+genitive) 9th c. Heliand, verse 5342 ==== Declension ==== === Interjection === hwat lo!, what!, indeed! ==== Usage notes ==== Variously translated, but compare Old English hwæt. ==== Descendants ==== Middle Low German: watLow German: watPlautdietsch: waut == Tarifit == === Verb === hwat (Tifinagh spelling ⵀⵡⴰⵜ) second-person masculine plural aorist imperative of hwa