Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/kʷoi

This Proto-Italic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Italic

Etymology

Nominative cases in *-i built on Proto-Indo-European stems *kʷo-, *kʷeh₂-, from *kʷos.

Pronoun

*kʷoi

who, what (relative, indefinite)

Declension

Declension of *kʷoi (irregular)
singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*kʷoi	*kʷāi	*kʷod
vocative	—	—	—
accusative	*kʷom	*kʷām	*kʷod
genitive	*kʷojjos	?	*kʷojjos
dative	kʷozmoi, kʷojjei	?	kʷozmoi, kʷojjei
ablative	*kʷōd	*kʷād	*kʷōd
locative	?	?	?

plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	kʷoi, kʷōs	*kʷās	kʷa, kʷai
vocative	—	—	—
accusative	*kʷons	*kʷāns	kʷa, kʷai
genitive	*kʷozom	*kʷāzom	*kʷozom
dative	*kʷois	*kʷais	*kʷois
ablative	*kʷois	*kʷais	*kʷois
locative	*kʷois	*kʷais	*kʷois

Related terms

Derived terms

*kʷod-ka-kʷid
- Oscan: 𐌐𐌞𐌊𐌊𐌀𐌐𐌉𐌃 (púkkapid), pocapit
*ad-kʷod
- Oscan: 𐌀𐌃𐌐𐌞𐌃 (adpúd)
*kʷām-de
- Umbrian: 𐌐𐌀𐌍𐌄 (pane), pane (“when”)
*kʷām-dō-kʷei/-id
- Umbrian: panupei (“whenever”, adverb)
*kʷām-diwou?
- >? South Picene: 𐌐𐌀𐌍𐌉𐌅𐌞 (panivú)

Descendants

Faliscan: 𐌂𐌖𐌉 (cui)
Latin: quī, quae, quod
Oscan: 𐌐𐌀𐌝 (paí), pae, 𐌐𐌞𐌃 (púd), pod
Paelignian: puus
Umbrian: poi, 𐌐𐌖𐌛𐌄 (puře), porsi
>? Pre-Samnite: πυσμοι (pusmoi)

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN