Where does “cujo” come from?

cujo (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese cujo, from Latin cuius, from Latin quoius, from Proto-Italic kʷojjos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷís, from Proto-Indo-European kʷi- — interrogative base.

cujo (Portuguese): whose

Definitions

  1. whose

Ancestry of “cujo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesecujo—
2Latincuiusgenitive masculine singular of quī; genitive...
3LatinquoiusAlternative form of cuius
4Proto-Italickʷojjos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷíswho, what; who, which, that; which, what
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷi-interrogative base

Words derived from “cujo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷís →Every word from Proto-Italic kʷojjos →