hwer

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *hwer, from Proto-Germanic *hweraz (“kettle”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xwer/, [ʍer]
  • Rhymes: -er

Noun

hwer m

  1. kettle, pot, basin, cooking vessel
Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative hwer hweras
accusative hwer hweras
genitive hweres hwera
dative hwere hwerum
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Middle English: wher

References

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xweːr/, [ʍeːr]
  • Rhymes: -ēr

Adverb

hwēr (Anglian, Late Kentish)

  1. alternative form of hwǣr
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