Where does “kʷoi” come from?

kʷoi (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European kʷós — who.

kʷoi (Proto-Italic): who, what

Definitions

  1. who, what

Ancestry of “kʷoi”, step by step

kʷoi traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European kʷós

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeankʷóswho

via Proto-Indo-European *kʷís

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European*kʷís

via Indo-European *kʷos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indo-European*kʷos

Words derived from “kʷoi

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷós