Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwār

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwar, with irregular lengthening, possibly due to influence of *hēr.

Adverb

*hwār

1. where (interrogative)

Descendants

• Old English: hwǣr, huœ̄r — Northumbrian, hwār, hwēr, hwīer, wēr, wār
  • Middle English: wher, where, wheir, whare, were, qwere
    • English: where, quhair, quhar, quher, quhere (all obsolete)
    • Scots: whaur
• Old Frisian: hwēr
  • Saterland Frisian: wier
  • West Frisian: wêr
• Old Saxon: hwār, hwar
  • 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 (Sette Comuni)

      Mòcheno: bou

    • German: wo
    • Hunsrik: wo
    • Luxembourgish: wou