Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kʷ-

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

Theorized by some linguists, particularly proponents of the Indo-Uralic hypothesis, to be related to Proto-Uralic *ku-. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Root

*kʷ-

1. The primary interrogative root.

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kʷ- (59 c, 0 e)

• *kʷi- ~ *kʷe-
  • *kʷís (“who? what?”)
• *kʷo-
  • *kʷós (“which? what?”)
• *kʷu-so ~ *kʷu-to-
  • Proto-Albanian: *kusa
    • Albanian: kush (“who”)
  • Proto-Tocharian: *kuse
    • Tocharian A: kus
    • Tocharian B: kᵤse (“who”)
• >? *kú (“where”) (*kʷú not expected; see boukólos rule) (see there for further descendants)

Unsorted formations

• Cretan Greek: ὀπυι (opyi, “whither”)