hvaðan
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Faroese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
hvaðan
Further reading[edit]
"hvaðan" at Sprotin.fo
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
hvaðan
Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From hvar (“where”), hvat (“what”) + -an (ablative adverb). Compare þaðan, héðan.
Adverb[edit]
hvaðan (not comparable)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Icelandic: hvaðan
- Faroese: hvaðan
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kvadan
- Old Swedish: hvaþan
- Swedish: vadan
- Old Danish: hwathæn, hwæthæn
- Danish: hveden
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- hvaðan in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese adverbs
- Faroese terms with usage examples
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- Icelandic lemmas
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- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse adverbs
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- Old Norse terms suffixed with -an (ablative adverb)