Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kúdʰe

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

Etymology

From *kú (“where”) +‎ *-dʰe (locative suffix).

Adverb

*kúdʰe

1. where?

Alternative reconstructions

• *kʷúdʰe

Descendants

• >? Proto-Albanian:
  • Albanian: ku (“where”) (or from unsuffixed *kú)
• Proto-Anatolian:
  • Lydian: 𐤨𐤰𐤣 (kud, “where (rel.)”)
• Proto-Balto-Slavic: *kúde (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Celtic:
  • Proto-Brythonic:
    • Welsh: cwdd (“where?”)
• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *kúdʰa
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan:
    • Sanskrit: कुह (kúha)
  • Proto-Iranian: *kúda
    • Old Avestan: 𐬐𐬎𐬛𐬁 (kudā)
    • ⇒ Younger Avestan: 𐬐𐬎𐬛𐬀𐬝 (kudat̰, “from where?”) (with added ablative ending)
• Proto-Italic: *kʷuðei (with *-i from emphatic particle or from locative ending, and with labiovelar from other interrogatives like *kʷis)