quien
Spanish
pronoun
Definitions
- who
- (construed with a#Spanish) whom
- whoever; whomever; anyone who
- the one who
Etymology
Inherited from Latin quem, quĕm derived from Old Latin quei derived from Proto-Italic *kʷoi derived 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
- *quene Latin
- equis Latin
- quem Latin
- quem, quĕm Latin
- qui Latin
- quis Latin
- quī Latin
- ut Latin
- ποιός Ancient Greek
- ποῖος Ancient Greek
- ποῦ Ancient Greek
- πόθι Ancient Greek
- πῃ Ancient Greek
- πῇ Ancient Greek
- πῶς Ancient Greek
- ὅπου Ancient Greek
- *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷis, *kʷos Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷos Proto-Indo-European
- gente Portuguese
- haver Portuguese
- quem Portuguese
- cine Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- cineva Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- oricine Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- quen Old Portuguese
- *kʷoi Proto-Italic
- quien Asturian
- ken Papiamentu
- kende Papiamentu
- ki ora Papiamentu
- ci Dalmatian
- ken Kabuverdianu
- kenha Kabuverdianu
- ki Kabuverdianu
- ki óra Kabuverdianu
- óra Kabuverdianu
- quei Old Latin
- 𐌂𐌖𐌉 Faliscan