Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “kʷós”

310 words across 97 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European kʷós — including what, whose, whatever, somewhat, whatsoever, musk, musky, whatnot.

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English (48)

Serbo-Croatian (36)

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Ido (3)

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