Where does “kush” come from?

kush (Albanian) comes from Proto-Albanian kusa, from Proto-Indo-European kʷú só, from Proto-Indo-European kʷís, from Proto-Indo-European kʷi- — interrogative base.

kush (Albanian): who; nobody, noone

Definitions

  1. who; nobody, noone

Ancestry of “kush”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Albaniankusawho
2Proto-Indo-Europeankʷú só—
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷíswho, what; who, which, that; which, what
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷi-interrogative base

Words derived from “kush”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷís →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷú só →