Where does “vår” come from?
vår (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse vár, from Old Norse vás, from Proto-Norse ᚹᚨᛋ, from Proto-Germanic was, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wes- — to dwell, live, reside; to stay, spend the night.
vår (Norwegian Bokmål): spring; our; ours
Ancestry of “vår”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | vár | spring |
| 2 | Old Norse | vás | toil, fatigue, from bad weather |
| 3 | Proto-Norse | ᚹᚨᛋ | was |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | was | first/third-person singular past active... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wes- | to dwell, live, reside; to stay, spend the night |