cad
Irish (Donegal)
/kad̪ˠ/
pron
Definitions
- (interrogative) what
- (Munster) (interrogative) where
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish cid inherited from Proto-Celtic *kʷid inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kʷid
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- quid Latin
- οὐτιδανός Ancient Greek
- *kʷe- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷid Proto-Indo-European
- *hwat Proto-Germanic
- bledhwæt Old English
- hwæt Old English
- what Middle English
- *čьto Proto-Slavic
- pa Welsh
- cid Old Irish
- ciod Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- quoid Manx
- *kʷid Proto-Celtic
- *kʷid Proto-Italic
- *tši Proto-Albanian
- *ki Proto-Balto-Slavic