क
Sanskrit
tr=ká
Definitions
- interrogative pronoun; who, what, which.
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *kás inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kás inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kʷós.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kʷós
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Who-athon English
- elsewho English
- everwho English
- which English
- who English
- who'da English
- who've English
- whoever English
- whosoever English
- you-know-who English
- aliquis Latin
- ecquis Latin
- quis Latin
- quisnam Latin
- quisque Latin
- siquis Latin
- chi Italian
- μόσχος Ancient Greek
- ποῖος Ancient Greek
- *kʷer- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷis Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷis, *kʷos Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷís Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷós Proto-Indo-European
- *muh₂s Proto-Indo-European
- *hwaz Proto-Germanic
- gehwa Old English
- hwā Old English
- अग्र Sanskrit
- ककार Sanskrit
- कद Sanskrit
- कार Sanskrit
- मुष्क Sanskrit
- मूष् Sanskrit
- ho Middle English
- wha Middle English
- who Middle English
- कगार Hindi
- مشک Persian
- ποιος Greek (modern)
- whois Translingual
- cakāra Pali
- ka Pali
- kakāra Pali
- काय Pali
- ક્યાં Gujarati
- *kás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *kʷis Proto-Italic
- whae Scots
- *kás Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *mušk Middle Persian
- mwšk' Middle Persian
- ci Venetian
- 𑀓𑁄 Sauraseni Prakrit
- ꦏꦪ Javanese
- chi Ladin
- chì Corsican
- muṣk Kalasha
- को Braj
- hu Kriol