τις
Ancient Greek
pronoun
Definitions
- (indefinite) someone, anyone, a certain one
- (indefinite) something, anything, a certain thing
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis (what, who, interrogative base), *kʷ-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kʷ-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- whose English
- aliquis Latin
- cuius Latin
- ecquis Latin
- quirquir Latin
- quis Latin
- quisnam Latin
- quisque Latin
- quālis Latin
- quī Latin
- siquis Latin
- chi Italian
- waarvoor Dutch, Flemish
- welks Dutch, Flemish
- wiens Dutch, Flemish
- ποσός Ancient Greek
- ποτέ Ancient Greek
- που Ancient Greek
- πού Ancient Greek
- ποῖος Ancient Greek
- πως Ancient Greek
- τί Ancient Greek
- τίς Ancient Greek
- ἑκάς Ancient Greek
- ἕκαστος Ancient Greek
- ὁπότε Ancient Greek
- ὅπως Ancient Greek
- *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷe- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷey Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷis Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷis, *kʷos Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷis, *kʷosyo Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷis, kʷos Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷo- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷokʷe Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷos Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷoti Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷís Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷód Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷóteros Proto-Indo-European
- *hwammai Proto-Germanic
- *hwan Proto-Germanic
- *hwar Proto-Germanic
- *hwaz Proto-Germanic
- *hwaþeraz Proto-Germanic
- *hwi-, *hwaz Proto-Germanic
- *hwilīkaz Proto-Germanic
- *hwēr Proto-Germanic
- *hwō Proto-Germanic
- hwanone Old English
- *kъto Proto-Slavic
- waeromme Middle Dutch
- *wan ēr Old Dutch
- *kʷēs Proto-Celtic
- wes Middle Low German
- *kʷis Proto-Italic
- 𐭰𐭩 Middle Persian
- kî Northern Kurdish
- ci Venetian
- *tan Proto-Albanian
- chi Ladin
- chì Corsican
- چ Central Kurdish
- چی Central Kurdish