Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kʷíd
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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
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]*kʷíd[1]
- neuter nominative/accusative singular of *kʷís: what? which?
Usage notes
[edit]Was used in unstressed form as an indefinite, generalising particle.[2]
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Albanian: *tši
- Albanian: çë
- Proto-Armenian:
- Old Armenian: -չ (-čʻ) (in ինչ (inčʻ, “some”))
- Proto-Anatolian: *kʷíd
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *ki (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Celtic: *kʷid (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic: *kʷí
- Ancient Greek: τί (tí)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *čid (particle)
- Proto-Italic: *kʷid
- Latin: quid (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]- ^ Dunkel, George E. (2014), Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 453
- ^ Dunkel, George E. (2014), “2.*-ku̯id 'irgend, einigermassen; jeder; sogar'”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, pages 448-451
Further reading
[edit]- Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2003), “*-čid / *-čit”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 254-6