English
elsewhither
From else + whither (“to which place, to what place”).
A compound of else + whither ‘to which place, to what place’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- ‘other’
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Proto-Germanic *aljas ‘of another’
Proto-West Germanic *alljas ‘else’
Old English elles ‘other’
Middle English ells
English else
Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- ‘the primary interrogative root’
Proto-Indo-European *kʷos ‘what’
Proto-Germanic *hwadrê ‘to what place, where’
Old English hwider ‘to what place, where’
Middle English whider ‘to what place?’
English whither
Today it means
adv To some other place; in some other direction.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / elsewhither