*hwar

Runic: ᚺᚹᚨᚱ Pronunciation: /ˈxʷɑr/

adverb

Meanings

where, in what place (interrogative)

From *hwaz (‘what’) + *-r (‘locative suffix’).

*hwār (Proto-West Germanic)
- war, wara (Old Dutch)
  - waer, war (Middle Dutch)
    - boe, woe, wu, wuë (Limburgish)
*hwār (Proto-West Germanic)
- war, wara (Old Dutch)
  - waer, war (Middle Dutch)
    - waar (Dutch)
      - waar (Afrikaans)
      - waar (Javindo)
      - wääir (Jersey Dutch)
      - waar, wa (Negerhollands)
      - waar (Petjo)
      - war (Skepi Creole Dutch)
*hwār (Proto-West Germanic)
- hwǣr, hwār, hwēr, hwœ̄r, hwīer, wēr, wār (Old English)
  - wher, where, wheir, whare, were, qwere (Middle English)
    - where, quhair, quhar, quher, quhere (English)
    - whaur (Scots)
*hwār (Proto-West Germanic)
- hwēr (Old Frisian)
  - ? (North Frisian)
  - wier (Saterland Frisian)
  - wêr (West Frisian)
*hwār (Proto-West Germanic)
- hwār, wār (Old High German)
  - wār, wā, wō (Middle High German)
    - warr (Alemannic German)
    - ? (Bavarian)
    - wo (German)
    - wo (Hunsrik)
    - wou (Luxembourgish)
*hwār (Proto-West Germanic)
- hwār, hwar (Old Saxon)
  - wār, wōr (Middle Low German)
    - war, wor (Low German)
      - waar (German Low German)
hvar (Old Norse)
- hvar (Faroese)
- var (Gutnish)
- hvar (Icelandic)
hvar (Old Norse)
- hvor (Danish)
  - hvor (Norwegian Bokmål)
hvar (Old Norse)
- kvar, kor (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  - kor (Russenorsk)
hvar (Old Norse)
- hvar, hwor (Old Swedish)
  - var, hvar, hôr (Swedish)
𐍈𐌰𐍂 (ƕar) (Gothic)