An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/warum

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, W
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry warum.

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2525431An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, W — warumJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

warum, adverb, ‘why, for what reason,’ from Middle High German and late Old High German warumbe (in earlier Old High German hwanta). The first part of the word seems to be the adverb wara, ‘whither,’ which is derived from hwa- (see wer).