Where does “hwæderhwugu” come from?

hwæderhwugu (Old English) comes from Old English hwæder, from Proto-Germanic *hwadrê — to which place, to where, whither.

hwæderhwugu (Old English): somewhere (to some place)

Definitions

  1. somewhere (to some place)

Ancestry of “hwæderhwugu”, step by step

hwæderhwugu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English hwæder

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishhwæderAlternative form of hwider
2Proto-Germanic*hwadrêto which place, to where, whither

via Old English hwugu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhwugu—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *hwadrê →Every word from Old English hwæder →