Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwar

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 edit

Etymology edit

From *hwaz +‎ *-r.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /xʷɑr/

Adverb edit

*hwar

where, in what place (interrogative)

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

Proto-West Germanic: *hwār
- Old English: hwǣr, huœ̄r; hwār, hwēr, hwīer, wēr, wār
  - Middle English: wher, where, wheir, whare, were, qwere
    - English: where, quhair, quhar, quher, quhere
    - Scots: whaur
- Old Frisian: hwēr
  - Saterland Frisian: wier
  - West Frisian: wêr
- Old Saxon: hwār
  - Middle Low German: wār, wōr
    - German Low German: waar
    - Low German: wor
- Old Dutch: war, wara
  - Middle Dutch: waer, war
    - Dutch: waar
      - Afrikaans: waar
      - Javindo: waar
      - Jersey Dutch: wääir
      - Negerhollands: waar, wa
      - Petjo: waar
      - Skepi Creole Dutch: war
- Old High German: hwār, wār
  - Middle High German: wār, wā, wō
    - Alemannic German: warr
    - Bavarian:
      Cimbrian: bo, ba
      Mòcheno: bou
    - German: wo
    - Hunsrik: wo
    - Luxembourgish: wou
Old Norse: hvar
- Icelandic: hvar
- Faroese: hvar
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kvar, kor
  - Russenorsk: kor
- Old Swedish: hvar, hwor
  - Swedish: var, (pre-1906 spelling) hvar, (dialectal) hôr
- Danish: hvor
  - Norwegian Bokmål: hvor
- Gutnish: var
Gothic: 𐍈𐌰𐍂 (ƕar)