Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/kʷoi

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

Nominative cases in *-i built on Proto-Indo-European stems *kʷo-, *kʷeh₂-, from *kʷos.

Pronoun

*kʷoi

1. who, what (relative, indefinite)

Declension

Declension of *kʷoi (irregular)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*kʷoi	*kʷāi	*kʷod
vocative	—	—	—
accusative	*kʷom	*kʷām	*kʷod
genitive	*kʷojjos	?	*kʷojjos
dative	*kʷozmoi, *kʷojjei	?	*kʷozmoi, *kʷojjei
ablative	*kʷōd	*kʷād	*kʷōd
locative	?	?	?
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*kʷoi, *kʷōs	*kʷās	*kʷa, *kʷai
vocative	—	—	—
accusative	*kʷons	*kʷāns	*kʷa, *kʷai
genitive	*kʷozom	*kʷāzom	*kʷozom
dative	*kʷois	*kʷais	*kʷois
ablative	*kʷois	*kʷais	*kʷois
locative	*kʷois	*kʷais	*kʷois

Related terms

• *kʷāntos
• *kʷis

Derived terms

• *kʷod-ka-kʷid
  • Oscan: 𐌐𐌞𐌊𐌊𐌀𐌐𐌉𐌃 (púkkapid), pocapit
• *ad-kʷod
  • Oscan: 𐌀𐌃𐌐𐌞𐌃 (adpúd)
• *kʷām-de
  • Umbrian: 𐌐𐌀𐌍𐌄 (pane), pane (“when”)
• *kʷām-dō-kʷei/-id
  • Umbrian: panupei (“whenever”, adverb)
• *kʷām-diwou?
  • >? South Picene: 𐌐𐌀𐌍𐌉𐌅𐌞 (panivú)

Descendants

• Faliscan: 𐌂𐌖𐌉 (cui)
• Latin: quī, quae, quod
• Oscan: 𐌐𐌀𐌝 (paí), pae, 𐌐𐌞𐌃 (púd), pod
• Paelignian: puus
• Umbrian: poi, 𐌐𐌖𐌛𐌄 (puře), porsi
• >? Pre-Samnite: πυσμοι (pusmoi)

References

• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN