Where does “quan” come from?
quan (Catalan) comes from Old Occitan quan, from Latin quandō, from Latin dō, from Proto-Italic didō, from Proto-Indo-European dédeh₃ti, from Proto-Indo-European deh₃- — to give.
quan (Catalan): when
Ancestry of “quan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Occitan | quan | Alternative form of can |
| 2 | Latin | quandō | — |
| 3 | Latin | dō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |