Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kʷór

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 *kʷó- +‎ *-r.

Adverb

*kʷór[1][2][3]

  1. where?
  2. (enclitic) somewhere

Derived terms

  • *kʷor (H)yós[4] (or formed within Proto-Germanic)
    • Proto-Germanic: *hwarjaz (“which (of many)?”) (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

  • Proto-Germanic: *hwar (“where?”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian:
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan:
      • ⇒ Sanskrit: कर्हि (kárhi, “when?”) (+ emphatic particle हि (hi))
  • Proto-Italic: *kʷōr (long vowel possibly influenced by *kʷō, whence quō)

References

  1. ^ 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 466
  2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “cūr”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 155-156
  3. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hwar”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 263
  4. ^ 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 471
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