Where does “ca” come from?

ca (Romansch) comes from Latin quam, from Proto-Italic kʷoi, from Proto-Indo-European kʷós — who.

ca (Romansch): than

Definitions

  1. than

Ancestry of “ca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinquamin what way, to what degree; how, how much, as...
2Proto-Italickʷoiwho, what
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷóswho
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷós →Every word from Proto-Italic kʷoi →Every word from Latin quam →