hwæg

Old English

Alternative forms

hwæiġ, hwēġ

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwajją, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- (“to pile up, build”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xwæːj/, [ʍæːj]

Noun

hwǣġ n

whey

Declension

Declension of hwæg (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hwǣġ	hwǣġ
accusative	hwǣġ	hwǣġ
genitive	hwǣġes	hwǣġa
dative	hwǣġe	hwǣġum

Descendants

Middle English: whey, wheyy, whei, wheye, wheyȝe, wey, whay, qwhey, weyȝe, whaye, wege
- English: whey (whig)
- Scots: quhaye, quhay, quhey, whey, fey

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