Where does “quei” come from?

quei (Bourguignon) comes from Old French quel, from Latin quālis, from Proto-Indo-European kʷō-.

quei (Bourguignon): which; what

Definitions

  1. which; what

Ancestry of “quei”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchquelwhich
2Latinquālisof what kind, sort, description, nature; what kind of
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷō-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷō- →Every word from Latin quālis →Every word from Old French quel →