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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kʷ-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words 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

Often compared with Proto-Uralic *ku-.

Root

*kʷ-

  1. The primary interrogative root.

Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Terms_derived_from_the_PIE_root_*k%CA%B7-' title='Category:Terms derived from the PIE root *kʷ-'>Terms derived from the PIE root *kʷ-</a>
  • *kʷis (“who? what?”)
  • *kʷos (“which? what?”)
  • *kʷóteros (“which of two?”)
  • *kʷor
    • Germanic: *hwar (“where?”)
  • *kʷoryos
    • Germanic: *hwarjaz (“which of many?”)
  • Unsorted formations:
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