Where does “hwarasun” come from?

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

hwarasun (Old Saxon): whereto; whither; where

Definitions

  1. whereto; whither; where

Ancestry of “hwarasun”, 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 →
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