waz

See also: wąż and Wąż

English

Noun

waz

  1. Alternative form of wazz (“act of urination”)

Jersey Dutch

Etymology

Cognate to Dutch was (“was”). Compare English was.

Verb

waz

  1. was (third person singular past tense of the copula)
    • 1912, Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsche taal— en letterkunde, volumes 31-32, page 309:
      Hai waz nît tevrêde täus […]
      He was not content at home […]

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷod. Cognate with Dutch wat, English what, Danish hvad. More at what.

Pronoun

waz

  1. what

Descendants

  • Middle High German: waz

References

  1. Joseph Wright, 'An Old High German Primer, Second Edition'
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