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Where does “kʷey” come from?

kʷey (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European kʷis — interrogative, relative stem; who, what;...

Ancestry of “kʷey”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeankʷisinterrogative, relative stem; who, what;...

Words derived from “kʷey”

  • why
  • whyever
  • whyn't
  • whyness
  • somewhy
  • чин
  • чинный
  • vad
  • ty
  • va
  • czyn
  • čin
  • чин
  • hva
  • thi
  • hvi
  • dimed
  • kva
  • di
  • difor
  • kvi
  • hvi
  • hvad
  • hv-ord
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷis →