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

Definitions

  1. someone, somebody

Ancestry of “dikush”, step by step

dikush traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Albanian kush

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albaniankushwho; nobody, noone
2Proto-Albaniankusawho
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷú só—
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷíswho, what; who, which, that; which, what
5Proto-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 kʷú só →