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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/kʷiskʷis

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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

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Etymology

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Reduplication of *kʷis.

Pronoun

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*kʷiskʷis m or f (neuter *kʷidkʷid)[1]

  1. (in masculine) whoever
  2. (in neuter) whatever

Declension

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Latin attests that both parts of this pronoun are separately declined, but in Sabellic, only the first part of the pronoun is declined; the second part is petrified in its nominative form.

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “quis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 510