Interrogative/indefinite Pronoun
There was also a pronoun with the stem *kʷe- / *kʷi- (adjectival *kʷo-) used both as an interrogative and an indefinite pronoun.
| Interrogative pronoun (Sihler) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pronominal | Adjectival | |||||||||||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |||||||||
| Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masculine | Neuter | Feminine | Masculine | Neuter | Feminine | |||
| Nominative | *kʷis | *kʷid | *kʷeyes | *kʷih₂ | *kʷos | *kʷod | *kʷeh₂ | *kʷoy | *kʷeh₂ | *kʷeh₂(e)s | ||
| Accusative | *kʷim | *kʷims | *kʷom | *kʷeh₂m | *kʷoms | *kʷeh₂ms | ||||||
| Dative | *kʷesmey | *kʷeybh- | *kʷosmey | |||||||||
| Genitive | *kʷesyo | *kʷeysom | *kʷosyo | |||||||||
| Locative | *kʷesmi | *kʷeysu | ||||||||||
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