Where does “e ka kush e ka” come from?

e ka kush e ka (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.

e ka kush e ka (Albanian): tag, playing tag game

Definitions

  1. tag, playing tag game

Ancestry of “e ka kush e ka”, step by step

e ka kush e ka traces back through 3 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 e

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianeand; also; Third-person singular accusative-case...
2Proto-Slavico(d)

via Albanian ka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albaniankafrom, out, out of, to; who, whom; ox
2Albaniankah
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷi-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷísEvery word from Proto-Indo-European kʷú só