Where does “diqysh” come from?
diqysh (Albanian) comes from Albanian qysh, from Albanian që, from Latin ecce, from Latin -ce, from Proto-Italic ke, from Indo-European *ḱe.
diqysh (Albanian): somehow
Ancestry of “diqysh”, step by step
diqysh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Albanian qysh
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Albanian | qysh | how? |
| 2 | Albanian | që | that, which; who, whom, that, which; when, where |
| 3 | Latin | ecce | see!, look!, behold!, points out something with... |
| 4 | Latin | -ce | affixed, usually to demonstratives, forming... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | ke | here |
| 6 | Indo-European | *ḱe | — |
via Albanian di
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Albanian | di | I know; to dawn |
| 2 | Proto-Albanian | dine | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dey-no- | day |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |