Where does “kal” come from?

kal (Guinea-Bissau Creole) comes from Portuguese qual, from Old Portuguese qual, from Latin quālis, from Proto-Indo-European kʷō-.

kal (Guinea-Bissau Creole): what

Definitions

  1. what

Ancestry of “kal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesequalwhich
2Old Portuguesequal—
3Latinquālisof what kind, sort, description, nature; what kind of
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷō-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷō- →Every word from Latin quālis →Every word from Old Portuguese qual →