Old High German waz

← Danish hvad (cognate)

← English what (cognate)

← English what (link)

← Proto-Germanic *hwat (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *kʷod (inherited)

← Dutch wat (cognate)

→ Old English hwæt (cognate)

→ Cimbrian baz (inherited)

→ Cimbrian bas (inherited)

→ German was (inherited)

→ Alemannic German waas (inherited)

→ Hunsrik was (inherited)

→ Old Norse hvat (cognate)

→ Yiddish וואָס (inherited)