Where does “ç'” come from?
ç' (Albanian) comes from Albanian çë, from Proto-Albanian tši, from Proto-Indo-European kʷíd, from Proto-Indo-European kʷís, from Proto-Indo-European kʷi- — interrogative base.
Ancestry of “ç'”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Albanian | çë | what |
| 2 | Proto-Albanian | tši | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷíd | neuter nominative/accusative singular of *kʷís |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷís | who, what; who, which, that; which, what |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷi- | interrogative base |