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Old English hwæt (inherited)
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Middle English what (inherited)
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North Frisian wat (cognate)
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West Frisian wat (cognate)
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Proto-Germanic *hwat (inherited)
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Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- (root)
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Proto-Indo-European *kʷód (inherited)
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Proto-Indo-European *kʷós (mention)
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Icelandic hvað (cognate)
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Norwegian Bokmål hva (cognate)
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Low German wat (cognate)
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Norwegian Nynorsk kva (cognate)
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Saterland Frisian wat (cognate)
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Old High German waz (cognate)
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Old High German waz (link)
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Alemannic German waas (cognate)
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Norwegian Nynorsk kva (cognate)
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Pennsylvania German was (cognate)