where
English
/ʍɛə(ɹ)/, /ʍɛəɹ/
con
Definitions
- While on the contrary; although; whereas.
- At or in which place or situation.
- To which place or situation.
- Wherever.
- (legal) In a position, case, etc., in which.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English where 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), *kʷ-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kʷ-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Nowheresville English
- Nowhereville English
- about English
- all English
- allwhere English
- along English
- any English
- anywhere English
- anywhereness English
- as English
- by English
- each English
- eachwhere English
- else English
- elsewhere English
- ever English
- everwhere English
- fore English
- from English
- into English
- no English
- not English
- nowhere English
- of English
- on English
- other English
- otherwhere English
- so English
- some English
- somewhere English
- somewhereness English
- than English
- through English
- to English
- under English
- unto English
- whereabout English
- whereabouts 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
- whose English
- with English
- withal English
- ei-kenenkään-maa Finnish
- kuka Finnish
- kukaties Finnish
- kukin Finnish
- kukkakasvi Finnish
- kumpi Finnish
- kutakuinkin Finnish
- quālitātem Latin
- allwo German
- irgendwo German
- warum German
- wo German
- woher German
- wohin German
- womöglich German
- deegwaar Dutch, Flemish
- eetwaar Dutch, Flemish
- etenswaar Dutch, Flemish
- handelswaar Dutch, Flemish
- ijzerwarenwinkel Dutch, Flemish
- koopwaar Dutch, Flemish
- meewarig Dutch, Flemish
- rookwaar Dutch, Flemish
- vanwaar Dutch, Flemish
- vleeswaar Dutch, Flemish
- voorwaar Dutch, Flemish
- waar Dutch, Flemish
- waarachtig Dutch, Flemish
- waarborgen Dutch, Flemish
- waarheen Dutch, Flemish
- waarheid Dutch, Flemish
- waarlijk Dutch, Flemish
- waarnemen Dutch, Flemish
- waarom Dutch, Flemish
- waarschijnlijk Dutch, Flemish
- waarsman Dutch, Flemish
- waarvoor Dutch, Flemish
- weliswaar Dutch, Flemish
- welks Dutch, Flemish
- wiens Dutch, Flemish
- ποσός Ancient Greek
- ποτέ Ancient Greek
- που Ancient Greek
- πως Ancient Greek
- ἕκαστος Ancient Greek
- ὁπότε Ancient Greek
- ὅπως Ancient Greek
- *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷey Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷis Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷis, *kʷos Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷis, *kʷosyo Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷis, kʷos Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷo- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷokʷe Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷos Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷoti Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷód Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷóteros Proto-Indo-European
- hvor Norwegian Bokmål
- hvordan Norwegian Bokmål
- hvorpå Norwegian Bokmål
- *hwammai Proto-Germanic
- *hwannē Proto-Germanic
- *hwar Proto-Germanic
- *hwaz Proto-Germanic
- *hwaþeraz Proto-Germanic
- *hwi-, *hwaz Proto-Germanic
- *hwilīkaz Proto-Germanic
- *hwō Proto-Germanic
- kvar Norwegian Nynorsk
- kvardag Norwegian Nynorsk
- kvarhelst Norwegian Nynorsk
- gehwa Old English
- gehwær Old English
- hwanone Old English
- hwar Old English
- hwær Old English
- hwā Old English
- hwǣr Old English
- nahwær Old English
- elswher Middle English
- ho Middle English
- wha Middle English
- where Middle English
- wherefore Middle English
- who Middle English
- widewhere Middle English
- hvar Old Norse
- *kogъda Proto-Slavic
- hvar Icelandic
- waer Middle Dutch
- waeromme Middle Dutch
- wāer Middle Dutch
- hwār Old High German
- waar Afrikaans
- wā Middle High German
- wār Middle High German
- wō Middle High German
- 𐍈𐌰𐍂 Gothic
- *hwār gmw-pro
- *wan ēr Old Dutch
- *war Old Dutch
- war Old Dutch
- *ku Proto-Finnic
- andarstba Cimbrian
- ba Cimbrian
- bo Cimbrian
- éppadabaa Cimbrian
- hwar Old Saxon
- hwarasun Old Saxon
- hwarod Old Saxon
- warr Alemannic German
- hwaru Old Swedish
- whae Scots
- whaur Scots
- wêr Western Frisian
- wêrom Western Frisian
- hwēr Old Frisian
- we Tok Pisin
- *kan Proto-Albanian
- *tan Proto-Albanian
- bou Mòcheno
- weya Kriol
- of
- by
- to
- on
- so
- as
- no
- any
- not
- all
- than
- unto
- from
- into
- some
- fore
- ever
- else
- with
- each
- along
- under
- about
- whose
- other
- withal
- through
- nowhere
- whereäs
- whereby
- whereso
- whereon
- whereas
- whereof
- whereto
- wherever
- anywhere
- wherenot
- wherefor
- allwhere
- everwhere
- wherethan
- whereinto
- wherewith
- whereness
- elsewhere
- wherefrom
- whereunto
- somewhere
- eachwhere
- whereunder
- whereabout
- wherealong
- otherwhere
- whereabouts
- wherewithal
- anywhereness
- Nowhereville
- wherethrough
- somewhereness
- Nowheresville