Where does “vår” come from?

vår (Norwegian Nynorsk) 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 Nynorsk): our; ours; spring

Definitions

  1. our; ours; spring

Ancestry of “vår”, step by step

vår traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse vár

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsevárspring
2Old Norsevástoil, fatigue, from bad weather
3Proto-Norseᚹᚨᛋwas
4Proto-Germanicwasfirst/third-person singular past active...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wes-to dwell, live, reside; to stay, spend the night

via Old Norse vér

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old NorsevérFirst person plural pronoun; we
2Proto-Germanicwarjądam, weir
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwēr-true
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “vår”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂wes- →Every word from Proto-Germanic was →Every word from Proto-Norse ᚹᚨᛋ →