Where does “cía” come from?

cía (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic *kʷei, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.

cía (Old Irish): who? what?; whoever, whatever; whatever

Definitions

  1. who? what?; whoever, whatever; whatever

Ancestry of “cía”, step by step

cía traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Celtic *kʷei

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtic*kʷeiwho
2Proto-Indo-European*kʷís—

via Celtic *kʷei

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Celtic*kʷei—

Words derived from “cía”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís →Every word from Proto-Celtic *kʷei →