See kʷ- on Wiktionary
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{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "*kʷi- ~ *kʷe-"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "*kʷís (“who? what?”)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "*kʷo- – see *kʷós (“which? what?”) for more"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "*kʷu-so ~ *kʷu-to-"
},
{
"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": "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": "*kú",
"nolb": "1",
"t": "where",
"unc": "1"
},
"expansion": ">? *kú (“where”)",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "<i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"ine-pro\">*kʷú</i> not expected; see boukólos rule"
},
"expansion": "(*kʷú not expected; see boukólos rule)",
"name": "q"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": ">? *kú (“where”) (*kʷú not expected; see boukólos rule) (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 0,
"templates": [],
"text": "Unsorted formations"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "el-crt",
"2": "ὀπυι",
"t": "whither"
},
"expansion": "Cretan Greek: ὀπυι (opui, “whither”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Cretan Greek: ὀπυι (opui, “whither”)"
}
],
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"pos": "root"
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{
"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",
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{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Proto-Indo-European irregularly shaped 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"
]
],
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"morpheme",
"reconstruction"
],
"wikipedia": [
"Vladimir Orel",
"boukólos rule"
]
}
],
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}
{
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{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "*kʷi- ~ *kʷe-"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "*kʷís (“who? what?”)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "*kʷo- – see *kʷós (“which? what?”) for more"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "*kʷu-so ~ *kʷu-to-"
},
{
"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": "ine-toc-pro",
"2": "*kuse"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Tocharian: *kuse",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Tocharian: *kuse"
},
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"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": "*kú",
"nolb": "1",
"t": "where",
"unc": "1"
},
"expansion": ">? *kú (“where”)",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "<i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"ine-pro\">*kʷú</i> not expected; see boukólos rule"
},
"expansion": "(*kʷú not expected; see boukólos rule)",
"name": "q"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": ">? *kú (“where”) (*kʷú not expected; see boukólos rule) (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 0,
"templates": [],
"text": "Unsorted formations"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "el-crt",
"2": "ὀπυι",
"t": "whither"
},
"expansion": "Cretan Greek: ὀπυι (opui, “whither”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Cretan Greek: ὀπυι (opui, “whither”)"
}
],
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"1": "ine-pro",
"id": "interrogative root",
"pos": "root"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "etymon"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "urj-pro",
"2": "*ku-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Uralic *ku-",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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"lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
"lang_code": "ine-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kʷ-",
"pos": "root",
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{
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"Pages with entries",
"Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header",
"Proto-Indo-European irregularly shaped roots",
"Proto-Indo-European lemmas",
"Proto-Indo-European roots"
],
"glosses": [
"The primary interrogative root."
],
"links": [
[
"interrogative",
"interrogative#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme",
"reconstruction"
],
"wikipedia": [
"Vladimir Orel",
"boukólos rule"
]
}
],
"word": "kʷ-"
}
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