Where does “hvor” come from?

hvor (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish hvor, from Old Norse hvar, from Proto-Germanic hwar, from Proto-Germanic hwēr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.

hvor (Norwegian Bokmål): where; how

Definitions

  1. where; how

Ancestry of “hvor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishhvorwhere; how
2Old Norsehvarwhere
3Proto-Germanichwarwhere, in what place
4Proto-Germanichwēr—
5Proto-Indo-European*kʷís—

Words derived from “hvor”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwēr →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwar →