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- (23 c, 0 e)
    • *kʷi- ~ *kʷe-
    • *kʷo- – see *kʷós (“which? what?”) for more
    • *kʷu-so ~ *kʷu-to-[1]
      • 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 (opui, “whither”)

    References

    1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kush”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 207
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