Where does “çdokush” come from?

çdokush (Albanian) comes from Albanian çdo, from Albanian ç', from Albanian çë, from Proto-Albanian tši, from Proto-Indo-European kʷíd, from Proto-Indo-European kʷís, from Proto-Indo-European kʷi- — interrogative base.

çdokush (Albanian): everyone, anyone, whoever

Definitions

  1. everyone, anyone, whoever

Ancestry of “çdokush”, step by step

çdokush traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Albanian çdo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albaniançdoeach, every
2Albanianç'Is used in front of a word to make direct or indirect questions for something that is unknown
3Albaniançëwhat
4Proto-Albaniantšiwhat
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷídneuter nominative/accusative singular of *kʷís
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷíswho, what; who, which, that; which, what
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷi-interrogative base

via Albanian kush

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albaniankushwho; nobody, noone
2Proto-Albaniankusawho
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷú só
4Proto-Indo-Europeanthis; that
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷi-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷísEvery word from Proto-Indo-European kʷíd