Where does “kua” come from?

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

kua (Papiamentu): which

Definitions

  1. which

Ancestry of “kua”, step by step

kua traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese qual

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesequalwhich
2Old Portuguesequal—
3Latinquālisof what kind, sort, description, nature; what kind of
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷō-—

via Spanish cuál

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcuálwhat; which
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷō- →Every word from Latin quālis →Every word from Old Portuguese qual →