"kʷ-" meaning in All languages combined

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Root [Proto-Indo-European]

Etymology: Theorized by some linguists, particularly proponents of the Indo-Uralic hypothesis, to be related to Proto-Uralic *ku-. Etymology templates: {{cog|urj-pro|*ku-}} Proto-Uralic *ku-
  1. The primary interrogative root. Wikipedia link: boukólos rule Tags: morpheme, reconstruction

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*kʷi-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*kʷís (“who? what?”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*kʷo-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*kʷo-dʰe / *kʷó-dʰi / *kʷo-dʰey"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ine-bsl-pro",
            "2": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Balto-Slavic:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Balto-Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sla-pro",
            "2": "*kъde",
            "t": "where?"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Slavic: *kъde (“where?”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Slavic: *kъde (“where?”) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grk-pro",
            "2": "*kʷótʰi"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic: *kʷótʰi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Hellenic: *kʷótʰi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "πόθῐ",
            "t": "where? whither?"
          },
          "expansion": "Ancient Greek: πόθῐ (póthi, “where? whither?”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ancient Greek: πόθῐ (póthi, “where? whither?”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "itc-pro",
            "2": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Italic:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Italic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "ubī",
            "alt": "(c)ubī",
            "t": "where? what place?"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: (c)ubī (“where? what place?”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: (c)ubī (“where? what place?”) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "iir-pro",
            "2": "*kudʰa"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *kudʰa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *kudʰa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ira-pro",
            "2": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Iranian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Iranian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 5,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ae",
            "2": "𐬐𐬎𐬛𐬁",
            "t": "where?",
            "tr": "kudā"
          },
          "expansion": "Avestan: 𐬐𐬎𐬛𐬁 (kudā, “where?”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Avestan: 𐬐𐬎𐬛𐬁 (kudā, “where?”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-pro",
            "2": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Aryan:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 5,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sa",
            "2": "कुह",
            "t": "where?"
          },
          "expansion": "Sanskrit: कुह (kuha, “where?”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sanskrit: कुह (kuha, “where?”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*kʷo-h₁ (old ablative?)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "*hwō",
            "pos": "instrumental",
            "t": "how"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *hwō (“how”, instrumental)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Germanic: *hwō (“how”, instrumental) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grk-pro",
            "2": "*kʷō"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic: *kʷō",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Hellenic: *kʷō"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "πω"
          },
          "expansion": "Ancient Greek: πω (pō)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ancient Greek: πω (pō), πώ (pṓ, “up to now, yet, ever”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc-ion",
            "2": "κω"
          },
          "expansion": "Ionic Greek: κω (kō)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ionic Greek: κω (kō)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "itc-pro",
            "2": "*kʷō"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Italic: *kʷō",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Italic: *kʷō"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "quō",
            "t": "whereto; to what end, why"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: quō (“whereto; to what end, why”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: quō (“whereto; to what end, why”) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*kʷo-r, *kʷóri"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "*hwar",
            "t": "where?"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *hwar (“where?”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Germanic: *hwar (“where?”) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "cur",
            "t": "why"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: cur (“why”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: cur (“why”), quirquir"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sa",
            "2": "कर्हि",
            "t": "when? what time?"
          },
          "expansion": "Sanskrit: कर्हि (karhi, “when? what time?”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sanskrit: कर्हि (karhi, “when? what time?”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ine-pro",
            "2": "",
            "alt": "*kʷoryos",
            "der": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ *kʷoryos",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ *kʷoryos"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "*hwarjaz",
            "t": "which of many?"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *hwarjaz (“which of many?”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Germanic: *hwarjaz (“which of many?”) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*kʷo-s (“which? what?”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*kʷó-teros (“which of two?”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*kʷeh₂-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*kʷeh₂lis"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "πηλίκος",
            "alt": "πηλί-κος",
            "t": "how great?"
          },
          "expansion": "Ancient Greek: πηλί-κος (pēlí-kos, “how great?”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ancient Greek: πηλί-κος (pēlí-kos, “how great?”) (with adjectival -κός (-kós) extension)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "quālis",
            "t": "what kind?"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: quālis (“what kind?”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: quālis (“what kind?”) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*kʷú-só-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sqj-pro",
            "2": "*kusa"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Albanian: *kusa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Albanian: *kusa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "kush",
            "t": "who"
          },
          "expansion": "Albanian: kush (“who”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Albanian: kush (“who”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cms",
            "2": "kos",
            "t": "someone"
          },
          "expansion": "Messapic: kos (“someone”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Messapic: kos (“someone”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ine-toc-pro",
            "2": "*kuse"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Tocharian: *kuse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Tocharian: *kuse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xto",
            "2": "kus"
          },
          "expansion": "Tocharian A: kus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tocharian A: kus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "txb",
            "2": "kᵤse",
            "t": "who"
          },
          "expansion": "Tocharian B: kᵤse (“who”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tocharian B: kᵤse (“who”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ine-pro",
            "2": "",
            "alt": "*ku, *kū",
            "nolb": "1",
            "t": "where",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": ">? *ku, *kū (“where”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "<i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"ine-pro\">*kʷu</i> not expected; see boukólos rule"
          },
          "expansion": "(*kʷu not expected; see boukólos rule)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": ">? *ku, *kū (“where”) (*kʷu not expected; see boukólos rule)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sqj-pro",
            "2": "*ku"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Albanian: *ku",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Albanian: *ku"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "ku",
            "t": "where"
          },
          "expansion": "Albanian: ku (“where”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Albanian: ku (“where”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "iir-pro",
            "2": "*ku"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ku",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ku, *kū"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ira-pro",
            "2": "*kū"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Iranian: *kū",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Iranian: *kū"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ae",
            "2": "𐬐𐬏",
            "t": "where",
            "tr": "kū"
          },
          "expansion": "Avestan: 𐬐𐬏 (kū, “where”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Avestan: 𐬐𐬏 (kū, “where”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-pro",
            "2": "*ku"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ku",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ku, *kū"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sa",
            "2": "कु"
          },
          "expansion": "Sanskrit: कु (ku)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sanskrit: कु (ku), कू (kū, “where?”) (also कुत्र (kútra, “whereto”))"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ine-pro",
            "2": "",
            "alt": "*kur",
            "der": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ *kur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ *kur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sqj-pro",
            "2": "*kur",
            "3": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Albanian: *kur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Albanian: *kur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "kur",
            "t": "when"
          },
          "expansion": "Albanian: kur (“when”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Albanian: kur (“when”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xcl",
            "2": "ուր",
            "t": "where"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Armenian: ուր (ur, “where”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Armenian: ուր (ur, “where”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hy",
            "2": "ուր",
            "t": "where"
          },
          "expansion": "Armenian: ուր (ur, “where”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Armenian: ուր (ur, “where”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bat-pro",
            "2": "*kur"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Baltic: *kur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Baltic: *kur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lv",
            "2": "kur",
            "t": "where"
          },
          "expansion": "Latvian: kur (“where”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latvian: kur (“where”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lt",
            "2": "kur̃"
          },
          "expansion": "Lithuanian: kur̃",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lithuanian: kur̃, kur (“where”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Unsorted formations:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el-crt",
            "2": "ὀπυι",
            "t": "whither"
          },
          "expansion": "Cretan Greek: ὀπυι (opui, “whither”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Cretan Greek: ὀπυι (opui, “whither”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "*hwilīkaz",
            "t": "what kind?"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *hwilīkaz (“what kind?”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Germanic: *hwilīkaz (“what kind?”) (see there for further descendants)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urj-pro",
        "2": "*ku-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Uralic *ku-",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Theorized by some linguists, particularly proponents of the Indo-Uralic hypothesis, to be related to Proto-Uralic *ku-.",
  "lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
  "lang_code": "ine-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kʷ-",
  "pos": "root",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European irregular-shape roots",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European roots",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The primary interrogative root."
      ],
      "id": "en-kʷ--ine-pro-root-f4Q9XJVl",
      "links": [
        [
          "interrogative",
          "interrogative#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "boukólos rule"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kʷ-"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*kʷi-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*kʷís (“who? what?”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*kʷo-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*kʷo-dʰe / *kʷó-dʰi / *kʷo-dʰey"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ine-bsl-pro",
            "2": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Balto-Slavic:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Balto-Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sla-pro",
            "2": "*kъde",
            "t": "where?"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Slavic: *kъde (“where?”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Slavic: *kъde (“where?”) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grk-pro",
            "2": "*kʷótʰi"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic: *kʷótʰi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Hellenic: *kʷótʰi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "πόθῐ",
            "t": "where? whither?"
          },
          "expansion": "Ancient Greek: πόθῐ (póthi, “where? whither?”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ancient Greek: πόθῐ (póthi, “where? whither?”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "itc-pro",
            "2": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Italic:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Italic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "ubī",
            "alt": "(c)ubī",
            "t": "where? what place?"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: (c)ubī (“where? what place?”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: (c)ubī (“where? what place?”) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "iir-pro",
            "2": "*kudʰa"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *kudʰa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *kudʰa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ira-pro",
            "2": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Iranian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Iranian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 5,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ae",
            "2": "𐬐𐬎𐬛𐬁",
            "t": "where?",
            "tr": "kudā"
          },
          "expansion": "Avestan: 𐬐𐬎𐬛𐬁 (kudā, “where?”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Avestan: 𐬐𐬎𐬛𐬁 (kudā, “where?”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-pro",
            "2": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Aryan:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 5,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sa",
            "2": "कुह",
            "t": "where?"
          },
          "expansion": "Sanskrit: कुह (kuha, “where?”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sanskrit: कुह (kuha, “where?”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*kʷo-h₁ (old ablative?)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "*hwō",
            "pos": "instrumental",
            "t": "how"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *hwō (“how”, instrumental)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Germanic: *hwō (“how”, instrumental) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grk-pro",
            "2": "*kʷō"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic: *kʷō",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Hellenic: *kʷō"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "πω"
          },
          "expansion": "Ancient Greek: πω (pō)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ancient Greek: πω (pō), πώ (pṓ, “up to now, yet, ever”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc-ion",
            "2": "κω"
          },
          "expansion": "Ionic Greek: κω (kō)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ionic Greek: κω (kō)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "itc-pro",
            "2": "*kʷō"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Italic: *kʷō",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Italic: *kʷō"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "quō",
            "t": "whereto; to what end, why"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: quō (“whereto; to what end, why”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: quō (“whereto; to what end, why”) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*kʷo-r, *kʷóri"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "*hwar",
            "t": "where?"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *hwar (“where?”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Germanic: *hwar (“where?”) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "cur",
            "t": "why"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: cur (“why”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: cur (“why”), quirquir"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sa",
            "2": "कर्हि",
            "t": "when? what time?"
          },
          "expansion": "Sanskrit: कर्हि (karhi, “when? what time?”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sanskrit: कर्हि (karhi, “when? what time?”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ine-pro",
            "2": "",
            "alt": "*kʷoryos",
            "der": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ *kʷoryos",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ *kʷoryos"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "*hwarjaz",
            "t": "which of many?"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *hwarjaz (“which of many?”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Germanic: *hwarjaz (“which of many?”) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*kʷo-s (“which? what?”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*kʷó-teros (“which of two?”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*kʷeh₂-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*kʷeh₂lis"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "πηλίκος",
            "alt": "πηλί-κος",
            "t": "how great?"
          },
          "expansion": "Ancient Greek: πηλί-κος (pēlí-kos, “how great?”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ancient Greek: πηλί-κος (pēlí-kos, “how great?”) (with adjectival -κός (-kós) extension)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "quālis",
            "t": "what kind?"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: quālis (“what kind?”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: quālis (“what kind?”) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*kʷú-só-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sqj-pro",
            "2": "*kusa"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Albanian: *kusa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Albanian: *kusa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "kush",
            "t": "who"
          },
          "expansion": "Albanian: kush (“who”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Albanian: kush (“who”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cms",
            "2": "kos",
            "t": "someone"
          },
          "expansion": "Messapic: kos (“someone”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Messapic: kos (“someone”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ine-toc-pro",
            "2": "*kuse"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Tocharian: *kuse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Tocharian: *kuse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xto",
            "2": "kus"
          },
          "expansion": "Tocharian A: kus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tocharian A: kus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "txb",
            "2": "kᵤse",
            "t": "who"
          },
          "expansion": "Tocharian B: kᵤse (“who”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tocharian B: kᵤse (“who”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ine-pro",
            "2": "",
            "alt": "*ku, *kū",
            "nolb": "1",
            "t": "where",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": ">? *ku, *kū (“where”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "<i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"ine-pro\">*kʷu</i> not expected; see boukólos rule"
          },
          "expansion": "(*kʷu not expected; see boukólos rule)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": ">? *ku, *kū (“where”) (*kʷu not expected; see boukólos rule)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sqj-pro",
            "2": "*ku"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Albanian: *ku",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Albanian: *ku"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "ku",
            "t": "where"
          },
          "expansion": "Albanian: ku (“where”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Albanian: ku (“where”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "iir-pro",
            "2": "*ku"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ku",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ku, *kū"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ira-pro",
            "2": "*kū"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Iranian: *kū",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Iranian: *kū"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ae",
            "2": "𐬐𐬏",
            "t": "where",
            "tr": "kū"
          },
          "expansion": "Avestan: 𐬐𐬏 (kū, “where”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Avestan: 𐬐𐬏 (kū, “where”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-pro",
            "2": "*ku"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ku",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ku, *kū"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sa",
            "2": "कु"
          },
          "expansion": "Sanskrit: कु (ku)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sanskrit: कु (ku), कू (kū, “where?”) (also कुत्र (kútra, “whereto”))"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ine-pro",
            "2": "",
            "alt": "*kur",
            "der": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ *kur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ *kur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sqj-pro",
            "2": "*kur",
            "3": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Albanian: *kur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Albanian: *kur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "kur",
            "t": "when"
          },
          "expansion": "Albanian: kur (“when”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Albanian: kur (“when”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xcl",
            "2": "ուր",
            "t": "where"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Armenian: ուր (ur, “where”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Armenian: ուր (ur, “where”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hy",
            "2": "ուր",
            "t": "where"
          },
          "expansion": "Armenian: ուր (ur, “where”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Armenian: ուր (ur, “where”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bat-pro",
            "2": "*kur"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Baltic: *kur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Baltic: *kur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lv",
            "2": "kur",
            "t": "where"
          },
          "expansion": "Latvian: kur (“where”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latvian: kur (“where”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lt",
            "2": "kur̃"
          },
          "expansion": "Lithuanian: kur̃",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lithuanian: kur̃, kur (“where”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Unsorted formations:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el-crt",
            "2": "ὀπυι",
            "t": "whither"
          },
          "expansion": "Cretan Greek: ὀπυι (opui, “whither”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Cretan Greek: ὀπυι (opui, “whither”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "*hwilīkaz",
            "t": "what kind?"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *hwilīkaz (“what kind?”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Germanic: *hwilīkaz (“what kind?”) (see there for further descendants)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urj-pro",
        "2": "*ku-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Uralic *ku-",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Theorized by some linguists, particularly proponents of the Indo-Uralic hypothesis, to be related to Proto-Uralic *ku-.",
  "lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
  "lang_code": "ine-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kʷ-",
  "pos": "root",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Indo-European irregular-shape roots",
        "Proto-Indo-European lemmas",
        "Proto-Indo-European roots"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The primary interrogative root."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "interrogative",
          "interrogative#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "boukólos rule"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kʷ-"
}

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