Where does “welhwær” come from?

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

welhwær (Old English): everywhere

Definitions

  1. everywhere

Ancestry of “welhwær”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhwærwhere; anywhere, somewhere
2Proto-West Germanichwārwhere
3Proto-Germanichwarwhere, in what place
4Proto-Germanichwēr—
5Proto-Indo-European*kʷís—

Words derived from “welhwær”

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