quis
Latin
pronoun
Definitions
- (substantive interrogative pronoun) who, what
- (in the neuter l) how, why
- (indefinite pronoun) someone, something, anyone, anything; any
- (alternative form for nominative singular masculine of adjectival interrogative pronoun qui) which
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis, *kʷos.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kʷis, *kʷos
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *alicūnus Latin
- *cascunum Latin
- *cisque-unus Latin
- aliquis Latin
- alius Latin
- ecquis Latin
- equis Latin
- quisnam Latin
- quisque Latin
- siquis Latin
- sī Latin
- ut Latin
- chi Italian
- chicchessia Italian
- chiunque Italian
- quisque Spanish, Castilian
- κατά Ancient Greek
- ποιός Ancient Greek
- ποῖος Ancient Greek
- ποῦ Ancient Greek
- πόθι Ancient Greek
- πῃ Ancient Greek
- πῇ Ancient Greek
- πῶς Ancient Greek
- τίς Ancient Greek
- τις Ancient Greek
- ἕκαστος Ancient Greek
- ὅπου Ancient Greek
- *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷis Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷis, *kʷos Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷís Proto-Indo-European
- *hwannē Proto-Germanic
- क Sanskrit
- ककार Sanskrit
- कद Sanskrit
- मुष्क Sanskrit
- कगार Hindi
- algunha Galician
- algunhas Galician
- algún Galician
- algúns Galician
- ka Pali
- काय Pali
- ક્યાં Gujarati
- *kʷis Proto-Italic
- *kʷoi Proto-Italic
- *kás Proto-Indo-Aryan
- ci Venetian
- 𑀓𑁄 Sauraseni Prakrit
- chi Ladin
- chì Corsican
- *kʷís Proto-Anatolian