Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “kʷih₂”

400 words across 32 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European kʷih₂ — including quasi, choir, cue, qua, quorum, quibble, chorister, quoad.

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English (239)

Latin (56)

French (24)

Ido (16)

Italian (11)

Esperanto (7)

Galician (5)

Asturian (4)

Hungarian (4)

Dalmatian (3)

Middle French (3)

Catalan (3)

Dutch (3)

Aromanian (3)

Mirandese (2)

Old Occitan (1)

Latvian (1)

Istriot (1)

Kristang (1)

Fala (1)

Neapolitan (1)

Novial (1)

Old Spanish (1)

Polish (1)

Macedonian (1)

Interlingua (1)

Sicilian (1)

Irish (1)

Low German (1)

Ligurian (1)

Japanese (1)

Friulian (1)