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

Etymology

From *hwaz (“what”) +‎ *-r (“locative suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xʷɑr/

Adverb

*hwar

1. where, in what place (interrogative)

Related terms

• *hē₂r
• *þar

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *hwār
  • Old English: hwǣr, hwār — Late West Saxon, hwēr — Anglian, Late Kentish, hwœ̄r — Late Northumbrian, hwīer, wēr, wār
    • Middle English: wher, where, wheir, whare, were, qwere
      • English: where, quhair, quhar, quher, quhere (all obsolete)
      • Scots: whaur
  • Old Frisian: hwēr
    • North Frisian:

      Föhr-Amrum: huar

      Mooring: weer

      Sylt: hur

    • Saterland Frisian: wier
    • West Frisian: wêr
  • Old Saxon: hwār, hwar
    • Middle Low German: wār, wōr
      • Low German: war, wor
        • German Low German: waar
  • 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
      • Limburgish: boe, woe, wu, wuë
  • Old High German: hwār, wār
    • Middle High German: wār, wā, wō
      • Alemannic German: warr
      • Bavarian:

        Cimbrian: bo, ba (Sette Comuni)

        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
  • Old Danish: hwar, huræ, huro
    • Danish: hvor
      • Norwegian Bokmål: hvor
  • Gutnish: var
• Gothic: 𐍈𐌰𐍂 (ƕar)