Where does “hvergi” come from?

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

hvergi (Icelandic): nowhere

Definitions

  1. nowhere

Ancestry of “hvergi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehverginowhere; by no means, not at all; each, every one
2Proto-Germanichwarginsomewhere; anywhere
3Proto-Germanichwarwhere, in what place
4Proto-Germanichwēr—
5Proto-Indo-European*kʷís—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwēr →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwar →