Where does “vår” come from?

vår (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish var, from Old Norse vár, from Old Norse vás, from Proto-Norse ᚹᚨᛋ, from Proto-Germanic was, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wes- — to dwell, live, reside; to stay, spend the night.

vår (Swedish): our; belonging to us; spring; the season between...

Definitions

  1. our; belonging to us; spring; the season between...

Ancestry of “vår”, step by step

vår traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Swedish var

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishvar—
2Old Norsevárspring
3Old Norsevástoil, fatigue, from bad weather
4Proto-Norseᚹᚨᛋwas
5Proto-Germanicwasfirst/third-person singular past active...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wes-to dwell, live, reside; to stay, spend the night

via Old Norse hverr

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

Words derived from “vår”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂wes- →Every word from Proto-Germanic was →Every word from Proto-Norse ᚹᚨᛋ →