Where does “diçka” come from?

diçka (Albanian) comes from Albanian çka, 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.

diçka (Albanian): something

Definitions

  1. something

Ancestry of “diçka”, step by step

diçka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Albanian çka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albaniançkawhat; Another form for ç' and çfarë
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 di

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AlbaniandiI know; to dawn
2Proto-Albaniandine—
3Proto-Indo-Europeandey-no-day
4Proto-Indo-Europeandyew-to be bright; sky, heaven
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷís →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷíd →