hwanon

• hwanan, hwonan, hwanun, hƿanon

From West Germanic *hwanan. Related to Old Frisian hwana, Old Saxon hwanan, Old High German hwanan (German wannen), Icelandic hvaðan, Swedish vadan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhwɑnon/

hwanon

1. where from, whence

   Hwanon hæfst þū þone hætt?

   Where did you get that hat?

   Se wind blǣwþ þǣr hē wile, and þū ġehīerst his swēġ, ac þū nāst hwanon hē cymþ ne hwider hē gǣþ.

   The wind blows where it wants, and you hear its sound, but you don't know where it comes from or where it's going.

   • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 19:9

     Hwanon eart þū?

     Where are you from?

2. how (not the general meaning of "in which way", but meaning "from which source" or "from where")

   Hwanon wāst þū þæt?

   How do you know that?

• āhwanon (from anywhere)
• nāhwanon (from nowhere)
• ġehwanon (from all sides)
• þanon (from there)
• heonan (from here)