whaur
Scots
adv
Definitions
- where
Etymology
Inherited from Old English hwǣr (where, at what place) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hwar (where, which place) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kʷo- (who, how).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kʷo-
Gloss
who, how
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Distribution of cognates by language
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Cognates and derived terms
- allwhere English
- anywhere English
- eachwhere English
- elsewhere English
- everwhere English
- nowhere English
- otherwhere English
- somewhere English
- where English
- whereabout English
- wherealong English
- whereas English
- whereby English
- wherefor English
- wherefrom English
- whereinto English
- whereness English
- wherenot English
- whereof English
- whereon English
- whereso English
- wherethan English
- wherethrough English
- whereto English
- whereunder English
- whereunto English
- wherever English
- wherewith English
- wherewithal English
- whereäs English
- quālitātem Latin
- *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷo- Proto-Indo-European
- *hwannē Proto-Germanic
- *hwar Proto-Germanic
- gehwær Old English
- hwar Old English
- hwær Old English
- hwǣr Old English
- nahwær Old English
- where Middle English
- hvar Old Norse
- *kogъda Proto-Slavic
- hwār Old High German
- 𐍈𐌰𐍂 Gothic
- *hwār gmw-pro
- *war Old Dutch
- war Old Dutch
- hwar Old Saxon
- hwarasun Old Saxon
- hwarod Old Saxon
- hwaru Old Swedish
- hwēr Old Frisian
- we Tok Pisin
- *kan Proto-Albanian
- weya Kriol