Where does “cuje” come from?
cuje (Interlingua) comes from Portuguese cujo, from Old Portuguese cujo, from Latin cuius, from Latin quoius, from Proto-Italic kʷojjos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷís, from Proto-Indo-European kʷi- — interrogative base.
cuje (Interlingua): whose
Ancestry of “cuje”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | cujo | whose |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | cujo | — |
| 3 | Latin | cuius | genitive masculine singular of quī; genitive... |
| 4 | Latin | quoius | Alternative form of cuius |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kʷojjos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷís | who, what; who, which, that; which, what |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷi- | interrogative base |