Where does “hvar” come from?

hvar (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse hvar, from Proto-Germanic hwar, from Proto-Germanic hwēr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.

hvar (Icelandic): where

Definitions

  1. where

Ancestry of “hvar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehvarwhere
2Proto-Germanichwarwhere, in what place
3Proto-Germanichwēr—
4Proto-Indo-European*kʷís—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwēr →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwar →
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