Where does “hvar” come from?
hvar (Swedish) comes from Swedish var, from Old Norse hvar, from Proto-Germanic hwar, from Proto-Germanic hwēr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.
hvar (Swedish): Archaic spelling of var
Ancestry of “hvar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | var | where; at which place; where; the situation in... |
| 2 | Old Norse | hvar | where |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | hwar | where, in what place |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hwēr | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *kʷís | — |