Where does “cuyo” come from?

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

cuyo (Spanish): whose

Definitions

  1. whose

Ancestry of “cuyo”, step by step

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

Words derived from “cuyo

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷi-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷísEvery word from Proto-Italic kʷojjos