Where does “kvardag” come from?

kvardag (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk kvar, from Old Norse hvar, from Proto-Germanic hwar, from Proto-Germanic hwēr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.

kvardag (Norwegian Nynorsk): a weekday, a day that is not a weekend or a...

Definitions

  1. a weekday, a day that is not a weekend or a...

Ancestry of “kvardag”, step by step

kvardag traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk kvar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskkvarwhere; each; every
2Old Norsehvarwhere
3Proto-Germanichwarwhere, in what place
4Proto-Germanichwēr—
5Proto-Indo-European*kʷís—

via Norwegian Nynorsk dag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskdaga day; the period of time between sunrise and...
2Old Norsedagra day; days, times
3Proto-Germanicdagazday; name of the D-rune
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot

Words derived from “kvardag”

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