Where does “hwar” come from?

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

hwar (Old English): where

Definitions

  1. where

Ancestry of “hwar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichwarwhere, in what place
2Proto-Germanichwēr—
3Proto-Indo-European*kʷís—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwēr →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwar →