Where does “qual quer” come from?

qual quer (Old Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese qual, from Latin quālis, from Proto-Indo-European kʷō-.

Ancestry of “qual quer”, step by step

qual quer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Portuguese qual

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesequal—
2Latinquālisof what kind, sort, description, nature; what kind of
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷō-—

via Old Portuguese quer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesequer—

Words derived from “qual quer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷō- →Every word from Latin quālis →Every word from Old Portuguese qual →