Where does “hvorugur” come from?
hvorugur (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse hvárigr, from Old Norse hvárrgi, from Old Norse hvárr, from Old Norse hvaðarr, from Proto-Germanic hwaþeraz, from Proto-Indo-European kʷóteros, from Proto-Indo-European kʷos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷ- — The primary interrogative root.
hvorugur (Icelandic): neither
Ancestry of “hvorugur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | hvárigr | — |
| 2 | Old Norse | hvárrgi | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | hvárr | which; each |
| 4 | Old Norse | hvaðarr | older form of hvárr |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hwaþeraz | which, what |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷóteros | which of two |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷos | See *kʷis |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷ- | The primary interrogative root |
Words derived from “hvorugur”