"hwat" meaning in Proto-West Germanic

See hwat in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *hwataz. Etymology templates: {{inh|gmw-pro|gem-pro|*hwataz}} Proto-Germanic *hwataz Head templates: {{head|gmw-pro|adjective}} *hwat Inflection templates: {{gmw-infl-adj}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], hwat [masculine, nominative, singular], hwatu [feminine, nominative, singular], hwat [neuter, nominative, singular], hwatanā [accusative, masculine, singular], hwatā [accusative, feminine, singular], hwat [accusative, neuter, singular], hwatas [genitive, masculine, singular], hwateʀā [feminine, genitive, singular], hwatas [genitive, neuter, singular], hwatumē [dative, masculine, singular], hwateʀē [dative, feminine, singular], hwatumē [dative, neuter, singular], hwatu [instrumental, masculine, singular], hwateʀu [feminine, instrumental, singular], hwatu [instrumental, neuter, singular], hwatē [masculine, nominative, plural], hwatō [feminine, nominative, plural], hwatu [neuter, nominative, plural], hwatā [accusative, masculine, plural], hwatā [accusative, feminine, plural], hwatu [accusative, neuter, plural], hwateʀō [genitive, masculine, plural], hwateʀō [feminine, genitive, plural], hwateʀō [genitive, neuter, plural], hwatēm [dative, masculine, plural], hwatum [dative, masculine, plural], hwatēm [dative, feminine, plural], hwatum [dative, feminine, plural], hwatēm [dative, neuter, plural], hwatum [dative, neuter, plural], hwatēm [instrumental, masculine, plural], hwatum [instrumental, masculine, plural], hwatēm [feminine, instrumental, plural], hwatum [feminine, instrumental, plural], hwatēm [instrumental, neuter, plural], hwatum [instrumental, neuter, plural]
  1. quick, sharp, brave Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-hwat-gmw-pro-adj-gmw_pro:quick
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Pronoun

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *hwat. Etymology templates: {{inh|gmw-pro|gem-pro|*hwat}} Proto-Germanic *hwat Head templates: {{head|gmw-pro|pronoun}} *hwat Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], ik [first-person, nominative, personal, pronoun, singular], þū [nominative, personal, pronoun, second-person, singular], - [nominative, personal, pronoun, reflexive, singular], mik [accusative, first-person, personal, pronoun, singular], þik [accusative, personal, pronoun, second-person, singular], sik [accusative, personal, pronoun, reflexive, singular], miʀ [dative, first-person, personal, pronoun, singular], þiʀ [dative, personal, pronoun, second-person, singular], sik [dative, personal, pronoun, reflexive, singular], mīn [first-person, personal, possessive, pronoun, singular], þīn [personal, possessive, pronoun, second-person, singular], sīn [personal, possessive, pronoun, reflexive, singular], wit [dual, first-person, nominative, personal, pronoun], jit [dual, nominative, personal, pronoun, second-person], - [dual, nominative, personal, pronoun, reflexive], unk [accusative, dual, first-person, personal, pronoun], inkw [accusative, dual, personal, pronoun, second-person], sik [accusative, dual, personal, pronoun, reflexive], unk [dative, dual, first-person, personal, pronoun], inkw [dative, dual, personal, pronoun, second-person], sik [dative, dual, personal, pronoun, reflexive], unkar [dual, first-person, personal, possessive, pronoun], inkwar [dual, personal, possessive, pronoun, second-person], sīn [dual, personal, possessive, pronoun, reflexive], wiʀ [first-person, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun], jiʀ [nominative, personal, plural, pronoun, second-person], - [nominative, personal, plural, pronoun, reflexive], uns [accusative, first-person, personal, plural, pronoun], iwwi [accusative, personal, plural, pronoun, second-person], sik [accusative, personal, plural, pronoun, reflexive], uns [dative, first-person, personal, plural, pronoun], iwwi [dative, personal, plural, pronoun, second-person], sik [dative, personal, plural, pronoun, reflexive], unsar [first-person, personal, plural, possessive, pronoun], iuwar [personal, plural, possessive, pronoun, second-person], sīn [personal, plural, possessive, pronoun, reflexive]
  1. what (interrogative) Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-hwat-gmw-pro-pron-gmw_pro:what Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header, Proto-West Germanic pronouns Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 100 Disambiguation of Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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  "descendants": [
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "hwæt"
          },
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: hwæt, huæt, huæd, huædd, huætd, huædt, hwet, wæt, whæt, hwat\nMiddle English: what, whad, whote, watte, wath, wad, qhat, whæt, whæht, waht, waet, wæht, weht, hweat (Southern West Mid)\nEnglish: what\nScots: what, whate, whit, whut, wha', quhat, quat, fat, faht, phat, fit, fut, fout, at\nYola: faade, fhaade, faad, fade, f'ad"
    },
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          "args": {
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Frisian: hwet"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "stq",
            "2": "wät"
          },
          "expansion": "Saterland Frisian: wät",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 2,
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          "args": {
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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          },
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        }
      ],
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    },
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          "args": {
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          },
          "expansion": "Low German: wat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Low German: wat"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "wat"
          },
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        }
      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          },
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        }
      ],
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    }
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *hwat.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmw-personal pronouns",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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        "first-person",
        "nominative",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þū",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "reflexive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mik",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "accusative",
        "first-person",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sik",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "reflexive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "miʀ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "first-person",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þiʀ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sik",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "reflexive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "mīn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "personal",
        "possessive",
        "pronoun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "personal",
        "possessive",
        "pronoun",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "personal",
        "possessive",
        "pronoun",
        "reflexive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wit",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "first-person",
        "nominative",
        "personal",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jit",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "first-person",
        "personal",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inkw",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sik",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual",
        "first-person",
        "personal",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inkw",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sik",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unkar",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "first-person",
        "personal",
        "possessive",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inkwar",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "personal",
        "possessive",
        "pronoun",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sīn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "personal",
        "possessive",
        "pronoun",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiʀ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "nominative",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jiʀ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uns",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "first-person",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iwwi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sik",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uns",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "first-person",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iwwi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sik",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unsar",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iuwar",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "pronoun",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sīn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "pronoun",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "pronoun"
      },
      "expansion": "*hwat",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwat",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-West Germanic pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "what (interrogative)"
      ],
      "id": "en-hwat-gmw-pro-pron-gmw_pro:what",
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "gmw-pro:what"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hwat"
}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "hwæt"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: hwæt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: hwæt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "hwat",
            "3": "whæt"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: hwat, whæt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: hwat, whæt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
            "2": "hwat"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: hwat",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "in compounds"
          },
          "expansion": "(in compounds)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: hwat (in compounds)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "hwaz",
            "3": "waz"
          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: hwaz, waz",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: hwaz, waz"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "was"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle High German: was",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: was"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*hwataz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hwataz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *hwataz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmw-infl-adj",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwat",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwatu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwat",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwatanā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwatā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwat",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwatas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwateʀā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwatas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwatumē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwateʀē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwatumē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwatu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwateʀu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwatu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwatē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwatō",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwatu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwatā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwatā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwatu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwateʀō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwateʀō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwateʀō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
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      "form": "hwatēm",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwatum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwatēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwatum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "hwatēm",
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        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwatum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwatēm",
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        "feminine",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwatum",
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        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwatēm",
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        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwatum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
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  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwat",
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}
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    "Proto-West Germanic a-stem adjectives",
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    "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Proto-West Germanic lemmas",
    "Proto-West Germanic pronouns",
    "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic"
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    }
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        "pronoun",
        "singular"
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        "nominative",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "form": "-",
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        "pronoun",
        "singular"
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      "form": "þik",
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        "accusative",
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        "pronoun",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "sik",
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      "tags": [
        "accusative",
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      "form": "miʀ",
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        "singular"
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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        "reflexive",
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        "pronoun",
        "singular"
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        "possessive",
        "pronoun",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "personal",
        "possessive",
        "pronoun",
        "reflexive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wit",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "first-person",
        "nominative",
        "personal",
        "pronoun"
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      "form": "jit",
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        "nominative",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "nominative",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "first-person",
        "personal",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inkw",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sik",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "dual",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "reflexive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "unk",
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        "first-person",
        "personal",
        "pronoun"
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    {
      "form": "inkw",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sik",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unkar",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "first-person",
        "personal",
        "possessive",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inkwar",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "personal",
        "possessive",
        "pronoun",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sīn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "personal",
        "possessive",
        "pronoun",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiʀ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "nominative",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jiʀ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "nominative",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uns",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "first-person",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iwwi",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sik",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uns",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "first-person",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iwwi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sik",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unsar",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iuwar",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "pronoun",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sīn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "pronoun",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
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        "2": "pronoun"
      },
      "expansion": "*hwat",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwat",
  "pos": "pron",
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        "what (interrogative)"
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          "what"
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      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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}

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    "Proto-West Germanic lemmas",
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          "name": "desc"
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          "name": "desc"
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      "depth": 1,
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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          "name": "desc"
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *hwataz.",
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      "form": "hwat",
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    },
    {
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      "form": "hwatanā",
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "hwatā",
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        "feminine",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "hwat",
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      "tags": [
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        "neuter",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "hwatas",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwateʀā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "hwatumē",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwateʀē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwatumē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwatu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwateʀu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwatu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwatē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwatō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwatu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwatā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwatā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwatu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwateʀō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwateʀō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwateʀō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwatēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwatum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwatēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwatum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwatēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwatum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwatēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwatum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwatēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwatum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwatēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwatum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "*hwat",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gmw-infl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwat",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "quick, sharp, brave"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "quick",
          "quick"
        ],
        [
          "sharp",
          "sharp"
        ],
        [
          "brave",
          "brave"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "gmw-pro:quick"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hwat"
}

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