Where does “kel” come from?

kel (Volapük) comes from French lequel, from French quel, from Middle French quel, from Old French quel, from Latin quālis, from Proto-Indo-European kʷō-.

kel (Volapük): who; which

Definitions

  1. who; which

Ancestry of “kel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlequelwhich, that, whom; which one
2Frenchquelwhich; what
3Middle Frenchquelwhich
4Old Frenchquelwhich
5Latinquālisof what kind, sort, description, nature; what kind of
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷō-—

Words derived from “kel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷō- →Every word from Latin quālis →Every word from Old French quel →