kʷís

*kʷís uig. 'wer, was, das'

PIE interrogative-indefinite paradigm built from the stems *kʷi- and *kʷe- (parallel to anaphoric *i-, *e-), the former on nominative and accusative cases of all genders, the latter elsewhere, with no distinction of feminine forms, mostly "human" – "non-human". A stem *kʷo-, an o-stem adjective, with its corresponding feminine *kʷeh₂-, was originally separate, but in most languages there was some conflation with the other two, as it is from this function that the relative pronoun evolves. Ultimately from *kʷ-.

Pronomen

*kʷís

1. wer, was (fragend)
2. wer, was, das (relativ)

(*kʷís)

Determiner

*kʷós

1. welches, was