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
Ancestry of “kua”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | qual | which |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | qual | — |
| 3 | Latin | quālis | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷō- | — |