kʷo-, kʷe-, fem. kʷā, kʷei-

(indefinite/interrogative pronoun)

Cross References - Pokorny

Reflexes - Pokorny

Language	Reflex(es)	Gloss	Grammar	Sources
English
English	conquian	Mexican card game: cooncan	n	AHD LRC
English	cooncan	early version of rummy	n	AHD LRC
English	aliquot	contained in another an integral number of times	adj	AHD W7 LRC
English	cue	word/phrase/stage business (in play) signalling speech/action	n	AHD W7 LRC
English	either	each, one or another (of two)	adj	AHD W7 LRC
English	how	in what way/manner	adv	AHD W7 LRC
English	kickshaw	delicacy, fancy food	n	AHD LRC
English	neither	not one or the other (of two)	pron	AHD W7 LRC
English	neuter	re: gender neither masculine nor feminine	adj	AHD W7 LRC
English	posology	study of drug/medicine dosages	n	AHD LRC
English	qu	[abbr. for] cue	n	AHD W7 LRC
English	qua	as, in capacity/character of	adv	AHD W7 LRC
English	quality	nature, peculiar/essential character	n	AHD W7 LRC
English	quantity	(indefinite) amount/number	n	AHD W7 LRC
English	quibble	petty distinction, irrelevant objection	n	AHD LRC
English	quibble	to evade truth/importance via trivialities	vb	AHD LRC
English	quiddity	quibble, trifling point	n	AHD W7 LRC
English	quidnunc	busybody, newsmonger, nosy person	n	AHD LRC
English	quip	gibe, clever taunting remark	n	AHD W7 LRC
English	quippy	quip	n	AHD W7 LRC
English	quondam	sometime, former	adj	AHD W7 LRC
English	quorum	number that, when duly assembled, are legally competent to conduct business	n	AHD W7 LRC
English	quote	to speak/write words spoken/written by another	vb.wk	AHD W7 LRC
English	quotidian	occurring daily	adj	AHD W7 LRC
English	quotient	result of dividing one number by another	n	AHD W7 LRC
English	what	why	adv.obs	AHD W7 LRC
English	what	(inquiry re:) identity of object/matter	int.adj	AHD W7 LRC
English	when	at what time	adv	AHD W7 LRC
English	when	while/at/during a time	conj	AHD W7 LRC
English	whence	from what place/source/cause	adv	AHD W7 LRC
English	where	at/in/to what place	adv	AHD W7 LRC
English	whether	[introduces alternatives]	conj	AHD W7 LRC
English	whether	which of two	pron.arch	AHD W7 LRC
English	which	re: what one/ones in group	adj	AHD W7 LRC
English	whither	to what place	adv	AHD W7 LRC
English	who	what/which person(s)	pron.nom	AHD W7 LRC
English	whom	who	pron.obj	AHD W7 LRC
English	whose	re: whom/which	adj	AHD W7 LRC
English	why	for what cause/reason/purpose	adv	AHD W7 LRC
Old English	ǣghwæðer	both, each, every one, either	adj	W7 ASD LRC
Old English	hū	how	conj	LRC
Old English	hwā, hwæt	who? what?	int.pron	LRC
Old English	hwǣr, hwar	where	adv	ASD LRC
Old English	hwæt-hwega, hwæt-hwegu	something, somewhat, a little	indef.pron	ASD LRC
Old English	hwæt-hwigu, hwæt-hugu	something, somewhat, a little	indef.pron	ASD LRC
Old English	hwæðer, hweðer	if, either, whether	conj	W7 LRC
Old English	hwæðer	whether	pron	ASD LRC
Old English	hwæð(e)re, hweðre	but, yet, however	conj	ASD LRC
Old English	hwanon(e), hwanan, hwonan	whence	adv	W7 ASD LRC
Old English	hwider	whither	adv	W7 LRC
Old English	hwilc, hwelc, hwylc	which	adj	W7 ASD LRC
Old English	hwonne, hwenne	when	adv	W7 LRC
Old English	hwȳ, hwī	why	adv	W7 ASD LRC
Old English	nāhwæðer, nā(w)ðer, nōðer	neither	pron	W7 ASD LRC
Middle English	aywhere	on all sides	adv	MEV LRC
Middle English	cotidian	quotidian	adj	W7 LRC
Middle English	either, aither, ayþer	both, either	adj	W7 MEV LRC
Middle English	how	how	adv	W7 LRC
Middle English	nauther, neither, nother	neither	pron	W7 LRC
Middle English	neutre	neuter	adj	W7 LRC
Middle English	qualite	quality	n	W7 LRC
Middle English	quantite	quantity	n	W7 LRC
Middle English	quocient	quotient	n	W7 LRC
Middle English	quorum	quorum	n	W7 LRC
Middle English	what	what	adj	W7 LRC
Middle English	when	when	adv	W7 LRC
Middle English	whenne(s)	whence	adv	W7 LRC
Middle English	where	wherefore	adv	W7 LRC
Middle English	whether	whether	conj	W7 LRC
Middle English	which	which	adj	W7 LRC
Middle English	whither	whither	adv	W7 LRC
Middle English	who	who	pron	W7 LRC
Middle English	whos	whose	adj	W7 LRC
Middle English	why	why	adv	W7 LRC
Italic
American Spanish	conquián	conquian	n	AHD LRC
Portuguese	como	as, how	conj	TLL LRC
Portuguese	dove	where	conj	TLL LRC
Portuguese	onde	where	conj	TLL LRC
Portuguese	quando	when	conj	TLL LRC
Portuguese	que	that; than	conj	TLL LRC
Spanish	como	as, how	conj	TLL LRC
Spanish	cotidiano	daily	adj	TLL LRC
Spanish	cuando	when	conj	TLL LRC
Spanish	donde	where	conj	TLL LRC
Spanish	que	that; than	conj	TLL LRC
Old French	qualité	quality	n.fem	W7 LRC
Old French	quantité	quantity	n.fem	W7 LRC
Middle French	cotidian	daily	adj	W7 LRC
Middle French	neutre	neuter	adj	W7 LRC
French	comme	as	conj	TLL LRC
French	comment	how	conj	TLL LRC
French	où	where	conj	TLL LRC
French	quand	when	conj	TLL LRC
French	que	that; than	conj	TLL LRC
French	quotidien	daily	adj	TLL LRC
Italian	chè	that; than	conj	TLL LRC
Italian	come	as, how	conj	TLL LRC
Italian	cotidiano	daily	adj	TLL LRC
Italian	quando	when	conj	TLL LRC
Latin	aliquot	some, several	adj	W7 LRC
Latin	cotidianus	of every day	adj	W7 LRC
Latin	neuter	neutral, none of two	adj.pron	W7 LRC
Latin	qua	by, by means of	adv	W7 LRC
Latin	qualis	of what kind	int	W7 LRC
Latin	qualitas, qualitatis	quality, kind	n.fem	W7 LRC
Latin	quam	than, how, as	adv	LRC
Latin	quando	ever, at some time; when	adv	LRC
Latin	quantitas, quantitatis	quantity	n.fem	W7 LRC
Latin	quantum	as much	adv	LRC
Latin	quantus	how much, how large	int.pron	W7 LRC
Latin	qui, qua(e), quod	some, any, who	indef.pron	LRC
Latin	qui, quae, quod	who, which, what	int	LRC
Latin	quia	because	conj	LRC
Latin	quippe	indeed, to be sure (often ironical)	adv	W7 LRC
Latin	quis, quis, quid	who? what? someone, anything	int	LRC
Latin	quisque, quaeque, quodque	everyone	indef.pron	LRC
Latin	quisquis, quaeque, quicquid	whoever, whatever	indef.pron	LRC
Latin	quo	what	adv	LRC
Latin	quod	that, because	conj	LRC
Latin	quom, cum	when, with	conj	LRC
Latin	quondam	sometimes, at a certain time	adv	W7 LRC
Latin	quot	how many	adj	RPN LRC
Latin	quotidianus	of every day	adv	W7 LRC
Latin	quotidie	every day	adv	W7 LRC
Latin	quotiens	how many times	adj	W7 LRC
Latin	quotus	of what number/quantity	int.adj	W7 LRC
Latin	sicut	as, like	adv	LRC
Latin	unde	from whence	adv	LRC
Latin	undecumque	from every side	adv	LRC
Latin	undique	from every quarter	adv	LRC
Latin	ut	as, where; that, so that	adv	LRC
Latin	uter, utra, utrum	which of two	pron	LRC
Latin	uti	that, so that	conj	LRC
Latin	utique	certainly	adv	LRC
Medieval Latin	aliquotus	some	adj	W7 LRC
Medieval Latin	quidditas	essence, whatness	n.fem	W7 LRC
Medieval Latin	quotō, quotāre	to number references, mark the number of	vb	W7 LRC
Celtic
Old Irish	cia	who?	int.pron	LRC
Old Irish	cía	who?	int.pron	RPN LRC
Breton	piou	who?	int.pron	RPN LRC
Cornish	pyw	who?	int.pron	RPN LRC
Old Welsh	pa	what?	int.pron	LRC
Welsh	pwy	who?	int.pron	RPN LRC
West Germanic
Old Frisian	hu, ho	how	adv	ASD LRC
Old Frisian	hwā	who?	int.pron	RPN LRC
Old Frisian	hweder	whether	conj	ASD LRC
Old Frisian	hwēr	where	adv	ASD LRC
Old Frisian	hwet	what?	int.pron	ASD LRC
Dutch	hoe	how	conj	TLL LRC
Dutch	hoewel	although	conj	TLL LRC
Dutch	terwijl	while	conj	TLL LRC
Dutch	waar	where	conj	TLL LRC
Dutch	wanneer	when	conj	TLL LRC
Old Saxon	hwanan	whence	adv	ASD LRC
Old Saxon	hwār	where	adv	ASD LRC
Old Saxon	hwat	what?	int.pron	ASD LRC
Old Saxon	hwē, hwie	who?	int.pron	RPN LRC
Old Saxon	hweðar	whether	conj	ASD LRC
Old Saxon	hwilīk	which	pron	ASD LRC
Old Saxon	hwō	how	adv	ASD LRC
Old High German	hwanān(a)	whence	adv	W7 ASD LRC
Old High German	hwanne	when	adv	W7 LRC
Old High German	hwār	where	adv	W7 LRC
Old High German	(h)waz	what?	int.adj	LRC
Old High German	(h)wedar	whether	pron	W7 TLL LRC
Old High German	(h)wer	who?	int.pron	W7 LRC
Old High German	hwuo, hweō	how	adv	W7 ASD LRC
Old High German	wilīh, hwelīh	which, of what kind	adj	W7 ASD LRC
German	entweder	either	conj	TLL LRC
German	wannen	whence	adv	ASD LRC
German	was	what?	int.pron	ASD LRC
German	weder	neither	conj	TLL LRC
German	welcher	which	pron	ASD LRC
German	wer	who?	int.pron	ASD LRC
German	wie	how	adv	ASD LRC
German	wo	where; when	adv	TLL LRC
North Germanic
Old Norse	hvar	where; everywhere	adv	LRC
Old Norse	hverr	who, which, what; each, every	adj	LRC
Old Norse	hví	why?	int.adv	LRC
Old Norse	hwelīk, hwe(l)k, hulk	which	pron	ASD LRC
Old Icelandic	hvat	what?	int.adj	LRC
Old Icelandic	hvé	how?	int.adv	RPN LRC
Icelandic	hvar	where	adv	ASD LRC
Icelandic	hvar	who?	int.pron	ASD LRC
Icelandic	hvat	what?	int.pron	ASD LRC
Icelandic	hvárt	whether	conj	ASD LRC
Icelandic	hvílíkr	which	pron	ASD LRC
Old Danish	hwa	who?	int.pron	RPN LRC
Danish	hvis	if	conj	TLL LRC
Danish	hvor	where	adv	TLL LRC
Danish	hvordan	how	conj	TLL LRC
Old Swedish	ho	who?	int.pron	RPN LRC
Swedish	hur	how	conj	TLL LRC
East Germanic
Gothic	áinshun	[always with negative] (no) one, (n)one	indef.pron	LRC
Gothic	hwē	how	adv	ASD LRC
Gothic	hwēleiks, hwileiks	which	pron	ASD LRC
Gothic	ƕa	why?	int.adv	LRC
Gothic	ƕan	when? whenever, at any time	adv	RPN LRC
Gothic	ƕar	where?	int.adv	RPN LRC
Gothic	ƕarjis	which?	int.adj	RPN LRC
Gothic	ƕas, ƕō	who? what?	int.pron	LRC
Gothic	ƕaþ	whereto?	int.adv	RPN LRC
Balto-Slavic
Lithuanian	kaĩp	how, as, like	adv	LRC
Lithuanian	kàs	who, which, what	pron	LRC
Lithuanian	kur̃	where, whither	adv	RPN LRC
Lithuanian	kurìs, kurì	who, which	pron	LRC
Latvian	kāda	someone, anyone	pron	LRC
Latvian	kas	that, which	pron	LRC
Latvian	katrs	each, every	pron	LRC
Latvian	kur	where	adv	LRC
Old Church Slavonic	kogda	when; sometime	int.adv	LRC
Old Church Slavonic	kъto	who? someone	int	LRC
Old Church Slavonic	čьto	what?	int.pron	LRC
Paleo-Balkan
Albanian	kë	who?	int.pron	LRC
Albanian	kur	as, when	adv	IEW LRC
Albanian	si	as	conj	LRC
Hellenic
Homeric Greek	πότερος	which; whether	adj	LS LRC
Greek	κώ, πῶ	yet	adv	LRC
Greek	μήποτε	lest	conj	LRC
Greek	ὅπως	so that	adv	LRC
Greek	ὅσος	as many	rel.pron	LRC
Greek	ὅστις	whoever, whatever	rel.pron	LRC
Greek	οὐδέποτε	never	adv	LRC
Greek	οὐδέπω	not yet	adv	LRC
Greek	πόθεν	from where	adv	LRC
Greek	πόσος	how much? how many? of what quantity?	int.pron	RPN LRC
Greek	ποτέ	ever, at some time	adv	LRC
Greek	ποῦ, ὅπου	where	adv	LRC
Greek	που	perhaps, anywhere	adv	LRC
Greek	πῶς	how	int.pcl	LRC
Greek	τι	howsoever, in any way	adv	LRC
Greek	τίς, τί	who? what?	int.pron	LRC
Greek	τὶς	someone, something	indef.pron	LRC
Anatolian
Luwian	ku-(i-)iš	who?	int.pron	RPN LRC
Luwian	ku-wa-(a-)ti(-in)	how?	int.adv	RPN LRC
Luwian	ku-wa-at-ti	where, whence	rel.adv	RPN LRC
Lycian	ti	who	int	RPN LRC
Hittite	ku-iš, ku-in, ku-it	who?	int.pron	RPN LRC
Hittite	ku-(u-)wa-at	why?	int.adv	RPN LRC
Hittite	ku-wa-(a-)pí	when? where? whither?	int.adv	RPN LRC
Hittite	ku-wa-(at-)tin	where? whither?	int.adv	RPN LRC
Palaic	kuiš	who	int	RPN LRC
Lydian	qis	who	rel.pron	RPN LRC
Armenian
Classical Armenian	zi	for; that; because	conj	LRC
Classical Armenian	omn	some, certain	adj	LRC
Classical Armenian	or	who, what, which	rel.pron	LRC
Classical Armenian	kʿan	than	conj	LRC
Armenian	o	who?	int.pron	LRC
Armenian	kʰani	how many?	int.pron	RPN LRC
Indo-Iranian
Old Persian	ka-	who	int.indef.pron.stem	RPN LRC
Avestan	čaiti	how many?	int.pron	RPN LRC
Avestan	cit	what	int	LRC
Avestan	ka-	who	int	RPN LRC
Sanskrit	ká-ḥ, kā́, kim	who?	int.pron	RPN LRC
Sanskrit	káti	how many?	int.adj	RPN LRC
Sanskrit	kútra	where?	int.adv	RPN LRC
Sanskrit	cid	even, also	conj	RPN LRC
Tocharian
Tocharian B	kuce	because; (so) that	conj	RPN LRC
Tocharian B	kuse, kuce	who, whoever, the one who	int	RPN LRC
Tocharian A	kus, kuc	who? which? what?	int.pron	RPN LRC
Tocharian A	kusne, kucne	who, which	rel.pron	RPN LRC