Get an English Tutor
English word where comes from Proto-Germanic *hwaz, Proto-Indo-European *kʷi-, Proto-Germanic - r, and later Old English (ca. 450-1100) hwær (Where.)
*hwaz (Proto-Germanic)
(interrogative) who, what. (interrogative, in dative) whom. (interrogative, in genitive) whose. (interrogative, in instrumental) with whom, with what, how, in what way.
*kʷi- (Proto-Indo-European)
- r (Proto-Germanic)
*hwēr (Proto-Germanic)
hwær (Old English)
Where.
hwǣr (Old English)
quher (Middle English)
where (English)
(legal) In a position, case, etc., in which.. At or in which place or situation.. To which place or situation.. Wherever.. While on the contrary; although; whereas. The place in which something happens. The place in which. In what situation.. Interrogative adverb, used in either a direct or indirect question: at what place; to what place; what place.. With the preposition from.