Where does “hvør” come from?

hvør (Faroese) comes from Old Norse hverr, from Proto-Germanic hwarjaz — which, what.

hvør (Faroese): who, "interrogative pronoun"; hvør m, f sg; each,...

Definitions

  1. who, "interrogative pronoun"; hvør m, f sg; each,...

Ancestry of “hvør”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehverrcauldron, boiler; hot spring; who, which
2Proto-Germanichwarjazwhich, what

Words derived from “hvør”

Every word from Proto-Germanic hwarjaz →Every word from Old Norse hverr →