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From*hwaz(“what”) +‎*-r(“locative suffix”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /xʷɑr/

*hwar

1. where, in what place (interrogative)

• *hē₂r
• *þar

• Proto-West Germanic:*hwār
  • Old English:hwǣr,hwār —Late West Saxon,hwēr —Anglian, lateKentish,hwœ̄r —lateNorthumbrian,hwīer,wēr,wār
    • Middle English:wher,where,wheir,whare,were,qwere
      • English:where,quhair,quhar,quher,quhere(all obsolete)
      • Scots:whaur
  • Old Frisian:hwēr
    • North Frisian:

      Föhr-Amrum:huar

      Mooring:weer

      Sylt:hur

    • Saterland Frisian:wier
    • West Frisian:wêr
  • Old Saxon:hwār,hwar
    • Middle Low German:wār,wōr
      • Low German:war,wor
        • German Low German:waar
  • 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
      • Limburgish:boe,woe,wu,wuë
  • 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
• Old Norse:hvar
  • Icelandic:hvar
  • Faroese:hvar
  • Norwegian Nynorsk:kvar,kor
    • Russenorsk:kor
  • Old Swedish:hvar,hwor
    • Swedish:var,(pre-1906 spelling)hvar,(dialectal)hôr
  • Danish:hvor
    • Norwegian Bokmål:hvor
  • Gutnish:var
• Gothic:𐍈𐌰𐍂(ƕar)

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