Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/kʷis

This Proto-Italic 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-Italic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.

Pronoun

*kʷis[1]

  1. who, what (interrogative)

Declension

Declension of *kʷis (i-stem, irregular)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative *kʷis *kʷis *kʷid
vocative
accusative *kʷim *kʷim *kʷid
genitive ? ? ?
dative ? ? ?
ablative ? ? ?
locative ? ? ?
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative *kʷēs *kʷēs *kʷī, *kʷia
vocative
accusative *kʷins *kʷins *kʷī, *kʷia
genitive ? ? ?
dative *kʷiβos *kʷiβos *kʷiβos
ablative *kʷiβos *kʷiβos *kʷiβos
locative *kʷiβos *kʷiβos *kʷiβos

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Latin: quis, quid
  • Oscan: 𐌐𐌉𐌔 (pis), 𐌐𐌉𐌃 (pid)
  • Faliscan: 𐌐𐌉𐌔 (pis)
  • Paelignian: pid
  • South Picene: puih, pid
  • Umbrian: 𐌐𐌉𐌔𐌉 (pisi), pisi, 𐌐𐌉𐌛𐌉 (piři), 𐌐𐌉𐌛𐌄 (piře), 𐌐𐌄𐌛𐌄 (peře), pirse
  • Volscian: pis
  • Marrucinian: pis

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN