Where does “gjithkush” come from?

gjithkush (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.

gjithkush (Albanian): everyone

Definitions

  1. everyone

Ancestry of “gjithkush”, step by step

gjithkush 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 gjithë

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albaniangjithëwhole, entire; all, all of, all the, the whole,...
2Albaniangjidhë—
3Proto-Albaniansemdza—
4Proto-Indo-Europeansem-ǵʰo-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷís →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷú só →