Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kʷ-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷís
Proto-Germanic *hwat
Proto-West Germanic *hwat
Old English hwæt
Middle English what
English what
English -th
English whatth
From what + -th (ordinal suffix).
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kʷ-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷís
Proto-Germanic *hwat
Proto-West Germanic *hwat
Old English hwæt
Middle English what
English what
English -th
English whatth
From what + -th (ordinal suffix).
Meanings
(nonstandard, rare) Which ordinal number.
Thanksgiving is on the whatth of November this year?