Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwar

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *hwaz +‎ *-r.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xʷɑr/

Adverb

*hwar

where, in what place (interrogative)

Related terms

Descendants

Old English: hwær
- Middle English: wher, quher
  - Scots: quhare, whaur, faur
  - English: quher (obsolete), where
Old Frisian: hwēr
- Saterland Frisian: wier
- West Frisian: wêr
Old Saxon: hwar, hwār
- Middle Low German: wār, wōr
  - Low German: wor
Old Dutch: war, wara
- Middle Dutch: war, waer
  - Dutch: waar
    - Afrikaans: waar
Old High German: hwār, wār
- Middle High German: wār, wā, wō
  - Alemannic German: warr
  - Cimbrian: ba
  - German: wo
  - Hunsrik: wo
  - Luxembourgish: wou
Old Norse: hvar
- Icelandic: hvar
- Faroese: hvar
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kvar, kor
- Old Swedish: hvar, hwor
  - Swedish: var, (dialectal) hôr
- Danish: hvor
  - Norwegian Bokmål: hvor
- Gutnish: var
Gothic: 𐍈𐌰𐍂 (ƕar)

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