Where does “ayyikīam” come from?

ayyikīam (Akkadian) comes from Esperanto kiam, from Esperanto ki-, from French qui, from Middle French qui, from Old French qui, from Latin quī, from Latin -cumque, from Latin cumque — whale, sea monster; abyss.

ayyikīam (Akkadian): where?

Definitions

  1. where?

Ancestry of “ayyikīam”, step by step

ayyikīam traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto kiam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantokiamwhen
2Esperantoki-wh-, what
3Frenchquiwho, whom
4Middle Frenchquiwho; which
5Old Frenchquiwho
6Latinquīwho, that, which, what
7Latin-cumqueUsed to derive indefinite adjectives, adverbs and...
8Latincumquehowever, whenever, howsoever, whensoever
9Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
10Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
11Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
14Middle Englishkyt
15Russianкитwhale; genitive plural of ки́та
16Old Church Slavonicкитъwhale
17Ancient Greekκῆτοςwhale, sea monster; abyss

via Akkadian ayyum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Akkadianayyumwhich
2Proto-Semitic*ʔayy-Used to form questions: which, what, when, where, how, etc
Every word from Ancient Greek κῆτοςEvery word from Old Church Slavonic китъEvery word from Russian кит