hwær

== Old English == === Alternative forms === hwār — Late West Saxon hwēr — Anglian, Late Kentish hwœ̄r — Late Northumbrian hwīer, wēr, wār === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hwār, from Proto-Germanic *hwar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xwæːr/, [ʍæːr] Rhymes: -æːr === Adverb === hwǣr (West Saxon, early Kentish) where c. 900, the Old English Boethius anywhere, somewhere ==== Derived terms ==== āhwǣr ǣġhwǣr hwǣrhwugu nāhwǣr nāthwǣr ==== Related terms ==== hwanon hwæder þǣr ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: wher, where, wheir, whare, were, qwereEnglish: where, quhair, quhar, quher, quhere (all obsolete)Scots: whaur