Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwār

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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: hwær
- Middle English: wher, quher
  - Scots: quhare, whaur, faur
  - English: quher (obsolete), where
Old Frisian: hwēr
- Saterland Frisian: wier
- West Frisian: wêr
Old Saxon: hwar, hwār
- Middle Low German: wār, wōr
  - Low German: wor
Old Dutch: war, wara
- Middle Dutch: war, waer
  - Dutch: waar
    - Afrikaans: waar
Old High German: hwār, wār
- Middle High German: wār, wā, wō
  - Alemannic German: warr
  - Cimbrian: ba
  - German: wo
  - Hunsrik: wo
  - Luxembourgish: wou

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 65: “PWGmc *hwār”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 65: “PWGmc *hwār”