adverb
quirquir
quirquir (not comparable)
Classical[ˈkʷɪr.kʷɪr]Ecclesiastical[ˈkʷir.kʷir]
Meaning
- not comparableThe meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include
- not comparableSome type of emphatic interrogative or relative adverb, probably meaning “wherever”.
Origins
Probably an emphatic reduplication of *quir (“where”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís (“who, what”) + *-r (adverbial suffix), similar in construction to quisquis (“whoever, whatever”). Compare to the etymology of cūr (“why”).