hvaðan

Faroese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

hvaðan

1. from where, whence

   Synonym: hvaðani

   Hvaðan ert tú komin?

   Where did you come from?

Further reading

"hvaðan" at Sprotin.fo

Icelandic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰvaːðan/

Pronoun

hvaðan

1. from where, whence

   Hvaðan ert þú? (formal)

   Where are you from?

   Hvaðan ertu? (informal)

   Where are you from?

Old Norse

Etymology

From hvar (“where”), hvat (“what”) + -an (ablative adverb). Compare þaðan, héðan.

Adverb

hvaðan (not comparable)

1. whence, wherefrom, from where

   Hvaðan kømr þú?

   Whence do you come?

Related terms

• hvar (“where”)
• hvat (“what”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: hvaðan
• Faroese: hvaðan
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kvadan
• Old Swedish: hvaþan
  • Swedish: vadan
• Old Danish: hwathæn, hwæthæn
  • Danish: hveden

See also

• héðan (“hence”)
• síðan (“since”)
• þaðan (“thence”)

References

• hvaðan in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.