Where does “kal” come from?
kal (Kristang) comes from Portuguese qual, from Old Portuguese qual, from Latin quālis, from Proto-Indo-European kʷō-.
kal (Kristang): what; which; which
Ancestry of “kal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | qual | which |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | qual | — |
| 3 | Latin | quālis | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷō- | — |