Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/kʷis

This Proto-Italic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Italic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.

Pronoun

*kʷis

1. who, what (interrogative)

Declension

Declension of *kʷis (i-stem, irregular)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*kʷis	*kʷis	*kʷid
vocative	—	—	—
accusative	*kʷim	*kʷim	*kʷid
genitive	?	?	?
dative	?	?	?
ablative	?	?	?
locative	?	?	?
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*kʷēs	*kʷēs	*kʷī, *kʷia
vocative	—	—	—
accusative	*kʷins	*kʷins	*kʷī, *kʷia
genitive	?	?	?
dative	*kʷiβos	*kʷiβos	*kʷiβos
ablative	*kʷiβos	*kʷiβos	*kʷiβos
locative	*kʷiβos	*kʷiβos	*kʷiβos

Derived terms

• *kʷiskʷis

Related terms

• *kʷoi

Descendants

• Latin: quis, quid
• Oscan: 𐌐𐌉𐌔 (pis), 𐌐𐌉𐌃 (pid)
• Faliscan: 𐌐𐌉𐌔 (pis)
• Paelignian: pid
• South Picene: puih, pid
• Umbrian: 𐌐𐌉𐌔𐌉 (pisi), pisi, 𐌐𐌉𐌛𐌉 (piři), 𐌐𐌉𐌛𐌄 (piře), 𐌐𐌄𐌛𐌄 (peře), pirse
• Volscian: pis
• Marrucinian: pis