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whæt

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Middle English word whæt comes from Proto-Indo-European *kʷ-, Proto-Indo-European *kʷe-, Proto-Indo-European *kʷo-, Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₁d-, and later Proto-Germanic *hwataz (Quick, sharp, brave.)

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*kʷ- (Proto-Indo-European)

*kʷe- (Proto-Indo-European)

*kʷo- (Proto-Indo-European)

*kʷeh₁d- (Proto-Indo-European)

*kʷod (Proto-Indo-European)

*kʷh₁do- (Proto-Indo-European)

*kʷís (Proto-Indo-European)

Who, what (interrogative). Who, which, that (relative) Which, what.

*hwataz (Proto-Germanic)

Quick, sharp, brave.

*hwē (Proto-Germanic)

How, with what, by what means;.

hwæt (Old English)

Anything. What Now, indeed What!, listen!, hark!, lo!.

whæt (Middle English)

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