Where does “quisnam” come from?

quisnam (Latin) comes from Latin quis, from Proto-Italic kʷis, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.

quisnam (Latin): who, which, what?

Definitions

  1. who, which, what?

Ancestry of “quisnam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinquiswho, what; how, why; someone, something, anyone,...
2Proto-Italickʷiswho, what
3Proto-Indo-European*kʷís—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís →Every word from Proto-Italic kʷis →Every word from Latin quis →