Where does “hvergi” come from?

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

hvergi (Old Norse): nowhere; by no means, not at all; each, every one

Definitions

  1. nowhere; by no means, not at all; each, every one

Ancestry of “hvergi”, step by step

hvergi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic hwargin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichwarginsomewhere; anywhere
2Proto-Germanichwarwhere, in what place
3Proto-Germanichwēr—
4Proto-Indo-European*kʷís—

via Old Norse hverr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehverrcauldron, boiler; hot spring; who, which
2Proto-Germanichwarjazwhich, what

Words derived from “hvergi”

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