Where does “hvar” come from?

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

hvar (Old Norse): where

Definitions

  1. where

Ancestry of “hvar”, step by step

hvar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic hwar

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

via Germanic *hwar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanic*hwar—

Words derived from “hvar”

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