wat

Afrikaans

/vat/

pronoun
Definitions
  • what interrogative pronoun
  • what relative pronoun
  • which interrogative pronoun
  • which relative pronoun
  • that relative pronoun

Etymology

Inherited from Dutch, Flemish wat (what) inherited from Middle Dutch wat (ford) inherited from Old Dutch wat inherited from Proto-Germanic *hwat (what) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kʷod, *kʷód.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*kʷod, *kʷód

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