Where does “hwær” come from?

hwær (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic hwār, from Proto-Germanic hwar, from Proto-Germanic hwēr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.

hwær (Old English): where; anywhere, somewhere

Definitions

  1. where; anywhere, somewhere

Ancestry of “hwær”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichwārwhere
2Proto-Germanichwarwhere, in what place
3Proto-Germanichwēr—
4Proto-Indo-European*kʷís—

Words derived from “hwær”

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