Old English hwæt

← Irish cad (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *hwat (inherited)

← Old High German waz (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-European *kʷod (inherited)

← Latin quod (cognate)

← Lithuanian kàd (cognate)

← Old Norse hvat (cognate)

← Old Dutch wat (cognate)

← Old Frisian hwet (cognate)

← Old Saxon hwat (cognate)

→ English what (inherited)

→ English how (mention)

→ Old English bledhwæt (affix)

→ Old English hwæthwugu (suffix)

→ Middle English what (inherited)

→ Middle English whan (mention)

→ Latin quod (mention)

→ Old Norse hvat (cognate)

→ Old Saxon hwat (cognate)

→ Scots what (inherited)

→ Yola faade (inherited)