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

Definitions

  1. Archaic spelling of var

Ancestry of “hvar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishvarwhere; at which place; where; the situation in...
2Old Norsehvarwhere
3Proto-Germanichwarwhere, in what place
4Proto-Germanichwēr—
5Proto-Indo-European*kʷís—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwēr →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwar →