"kʷis" meaning in Proto-Italic

See kʷis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *kʷís. Etymology templates: {{inh|itc-pro|ine-pro|*kʷís}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Head templates: {{head|itc-pro|pronoun}} *kʷis Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], kʷis [masculine, nominative, singular], kʷis [feminine, nominative, singular], kʷid [neuter, nominative, singular], - [masculine, singular, vocative], - [feminine, singular, vocative], - [neuter, singular, vocative], kʷim [accusative, masculine, singular], kʷim [accusative, feminine, singular], kʷid [accusative, neuter, singular], - [genitive, masculine, singular], - [feminine, genitive, singular], - [genitive, neuter, singular], - [dative, masculine, singular], - [dative, feminine, singular], - [dative, neuter, singular], - [ablative, masculine, singular], - [ablative, feminine, singular], - [ablative, neuter, singular], - [locative, masculine, singular], - [feminine, locative, singular], - [locative, neuter, singular], kʷēs [masculine, nominative, plural], kʷēs [feminine, nominative, plural], kʷī [neuter, nominative, plural], kʷia [neuter, nominative, plural], - [masculine, plural, vocative], - [feminine, plural, vocative], - [neuter, plural, vocative], kʷins [accusative, masculine, plural], kʷins [accusative, feminine, plural], kʷī [accusative, neuter, plural], kʷia [accusative, neuter, plural], - [genitive, masculine, plural], - [feminine, genitive, plural], - [genitive, neuter, plural], kʷiβos [dative, masculine, plural], kʷiβos [dative, feminine, plural], kʷiβos [dative, neuter, plural], kʷiβos [ablative, masculine, plural], kʷiβos [ablative, feminine, plural], kʷiβos [ablative, neuter, plural], kʷiβos [locative, masculine, plural], kʷiβos [feminine, locative, plural], kʷiβos [locative, neuter, plural]
  1. who, what (interrogative) Tags: reconstruction Derived forms: kʷiskʷis Related terms: kʷoi
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Latin",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "word": "quis"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Latin",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "word": "quid"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Oscan",
      "lang_code": "osc",
      "roman": "pis",
      "word": "𐌐𐌉𐌔"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Oscan",
      "lang_code": "osc",
      "roman": "pid",
      "word": "𐌐𐌉𐌃"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Faliscan",
      "lang_code": "xfa",
      "roman": "pis",
      "word": "𐌐𐌉𐌔"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Paelignian",
      "lang_code": "pgn",
      "word": "pid"
    },
    {
      "lang": "South Picene",
      "lang_code": "spx",
      "word": "puih"
    },
    {
      "lang": "South Picene",
      "lang_code": "spx",
      "word": "pid"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Umbrian",
      "lang_code": "xum",
      "roman": "pisi",
      "word": "𐌐𐌉𐌔𐌉"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Umbrian",
      "lang_code": "xum",
      "word": "pisi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Umbrian",
      "lang_code": "xum",
      "roman": "piři",
      "word": "𐌐𐌉𐌛𐌉"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Umbrian",
      "lang_code": "xum",
      "roman": "piře",
      "word": "𐌐𐌉𐌛𐌄"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Umbrian",
      "lang_code": "xum",
      "roman": "peře",
      "word": "𐌐𐌄𐌛𐌄"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Umbrian",
      "lang_code": "xum",
      "word": "pirse"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Volscian",
      "lang_code": "xvo",
      "word": "pis"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Marrucinian",
      "lang_code": "umc",
      "word": "pis"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "itc-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷís"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷís",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷid",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷim",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷim",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷid",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷiβos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷiβos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷiβos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷiβos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷiβos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷiβos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷiβos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷiβos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷiβos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "itc-pro",
        "2": "pronoun"
      },
      "expansion": "*kʷis",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Italic",
  "lang_code": "itc-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/kʷis",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Italic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Italic pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "kʷiskʷis"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "who, what (interrogative)"
      ],
      "id": "en-kʷis-itc-pro-pron-oUzFZRCs",
      "links": [
        [
          "who",
          "who"
        ],
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "kʷoi"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kʷis"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "kʷiskʷis"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Latin",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "word": "quis"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Latin",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "word": "quid"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Oscan",
      "lang_code": "osc",
      "roman": "pis",
      "word": "𐌐𐌉𐌔"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Oscan",
      "lang_code": "osc",
      "roman": "pid",
      "word": "𐌐𐌉𐌃"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Faliscan",
      "lang_code": "xfa",
      "roman": "pis",
      "word": "𐌐𐌉𐌔"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Paelignian",
      "lang_code": "pgn",
      "word": "pid"
    },
    {
      "lang": "South Picene",
      "lang_code": "spx",
      "word": "puih"
    },
    {
      "lang": "South Picene",
      "lang_code": "spx",
      "word": "pid"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Umbrian",
      "lang_code": "xum",
      "roman": "pisi",
      "word": "𐌐𐌉𐌔𐌉"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Umbrian",
      "lang_code": "xum",
      "word": "pisi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Umbrian",
      "lang_code": "xum",
      "roman": "piři",
      "word": "𐌐𐌉𐌛𐌉"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Umbrian",
      "lang_code": "xum",
      "roman": "piře",
      "word": "𐌐𐌉𐌛𐌄"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Umbrian",
      "lang_code": "xum",
      "roman": "peře",
      "word": "𐌐𐌄𐌛𐌄"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Umbrian",
      "lang_code": "xum",
      "word": "pirse"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Volscian",
      "lang_code": "xvo",
      "word": "pis"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Marrucinian",
      "lang_code": "umc",
      "word": "pis"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "itc-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷís"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷís",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷid",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷim",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷim",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷid",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷiβos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷiβos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷiβos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷiβos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷiβos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷiβos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷiβos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷiβos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷiβos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "itc-pro",
        "2": "pronoun"
      },
      "expansion": "*kʷis",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Italic",
  "lang_code": "itc-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/kʷis",
  "pos": "pron",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "kʷoi"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Italic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Italic lemmas",
        "Proto-Italic pronouns",
        "Proto-Italic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Proto-Italic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "who, what (interrogative)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "who",
          "who"
        ],
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kʷis"
}

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