hvaðan

From Old Norse hvaðan, there formed from hvar (“where”) or hvat (“what”) + -an (ablative adverb).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰvɛːjan/

hvaðan

1. from where, whence

   Synonym: hvaðani

   Hvaðan ert tú komin?

   Where did you come from?

The -an suffix is also fossilized in Faroese to some extent, in adverbs such as sáran.

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• IPA^(key): /kʰvaːðan/
• IPA^(key): /xʷaːðan/

hvaðan

1. from where, whence

   Hvaðan ert þú? (formal)

   Where are you from?

   Hvaðan ertu? (informal)

   Where are you from?

From hvar (“where”), hvat (“what”) + -an (ablative adverb). Compare þaðan, héðan.

hvaðan (not comparable)

1. whence, wherefrom, from where

   Hvaðan kømr þú?

   Whence do you come?

• hvar (“where”)
• hvat (“what”)

• Icelandic: hvaðan
• Faroese: hvaðan
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kvadan
• Old Swedish: hvaþan
  • Swedish: vadan
• Old Danish: hwathæn, hwæthæn
  • Danish: hveden

• héðan (“hence”)
• síðan (“since”)
• þaðan (“thence”)

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “hvaðan”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 216; also available at the Internet Archive