Where does “dikush” come from?
dikush (Albanian) comes from Albanian kush, from Proto-Albanian kusa, from Proto-Indo-European kʷú só, from Proto-Indo-European kʷís, from Proto-Indo-European kʷi- — interrogative base.
dikush (Albanian): someone, somebody
Ancestry of “dikush”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Albanian | kush | who; nobody, noone |
| 2 | Proto-Albanian | kusa | who |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷú só | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷís | who, what; who, which, that; which, what |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷi- | interrogative base |