hvaðan
Faroese
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
editAdverb
edithvaðan
Further reading
edit"hvaðan" at Sprotin.fo
Icelandic
editEtymology
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Pronunciation
editPronoun
edithvaðan
Old Norse
editEtymology
editFrom hvar (“where”), hvat (“what”) + -an (ablative adverb). Compare þaðan, héðan.
Adverb
edithvaðan (not comparable)
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Icelandic: hvaðan
- Faroese: hvaðan
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kvadan
- Old Swedish: hvaþan
- Swedish: vadan
- Old Danish: hwathæn, hwæthæn
- Danish: hveden
See also
editReferences
edit- hvaðan in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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