Where does “wher” come from?

wher (Middle English) comes from Old English hwǣr, from Old English -a, from Proto-Germanic -ō, from Proto-Germanic -ô, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

wher (Middle English): where

Definitions

  1. where

Ancestry of “wher”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhwǣrwhere
2Old English-aEnding forming adverbs; nominative masculine...
3Proto-Germanic-ōCreates feminine nouns from roots and stems
4Proto-Germanic-ô-ly; Forms agent nouns, often from the zero-grade...
5Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “wher”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Proto-Germanic -ô →Every word from Old English -a →
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